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Beijing: China on Tuesday hit back at the US with tariffs on 60 billion worth of American goods, in a tit-for-tat move that came hours after President Donald Trump slapped duties on 200 billion worth of Chinese imports. President Trump on Tuesday slapped 10 per cent tariffs on 200 billion worth of Chinese imports and the duties will rise to whopping 25 per cent at the end of the year, escalating the trade war with the world’s second largest econ- omy. Trump alleged China had been unwilling to change its unfair trade practices and the new additional tariff structure would give fair and reciprocal treatment to American firms. China’s Finance Ministry retorted. “If the United States insists on raising tariffs even more, China will respond accordingly.” Agencies Detailed report on P12 F ormer Defence Minister AK Antony on Tuesday accused incumbent Nirmala Sitharaman of “suppressing facts” regarding the Rafale deal and asked why the Government is not setting up a joint parliamentary commit- tee (JPC) to probe it. Antony also held the Government “guilty” of “gravely compro- mising” national security in the Rafale deal. The Congress leader demanded that the Modi Government should publish the price of the UPA Government’s deal for 126 air- craft and the current price of the NDA Government’s 36 Rafale deal, including per air- craft price, to clear the doubts and let the nation decide who is correct. “Since, there is a growing perception that the Modi Government’s Rafale purchase deal has more skeletons in its closet, let there be a joint par- liamentary probe to bring out the truth,” Antony said at a Press conference. He also accused the PM of violating the Defence procure- ment procedure (DPP), as according to it only the Defence Acquisition Council, chaired by the Defence Minister and com- prising the three service chiefs, can decide the number of air- craft and weapons to be pur- chased. “Prime Minister Modi’s decision is a clear violation of the DPP,” he said. “In the JPC, the present Government has got the major- ity. Why are they afraid? Let the JPC go through all the files. The JPC can call files. A JPC con- sisting of a majority of persons from the Government can look through all the files and come out with the truth,” the Congress leader said. Rejecting the charges lev- elled by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman that an unprecedented intervention by him in 2013 had put the “final nail in the coffin” of the aircraft deal when the cost negotiation committee was giving final touches to the deal, Antony said, “Her allegations are com- pletely false and she is deliber- ately suppressing the facts.” The former Minister went on to allege that contract nego- tiations were almost over and when the proposal was sent to the Finance Ministry, it felt that the life cycle cost concept was a new concept and they cannot support it. Antony also claimed that the then Congress-led UPA Government had received objections and reservations in written from several leaders, including a senior BJP MP, about the life cycle cost calcu- lation and the Indian Air Force (IAF) was insisting to finalise the deal. “Then I directed that the negotiations should con- tinue, but take it to the Cabinet Committee on Security only after disputes are settled,” Antony said. The former Defence Minister accused Sitharaman of trying to tarnish the image of public-sector Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) both nationally and globally. He also asked if the price of the Rafale fighter jets were cheap- er than that negotiated by the UPA Government, and why the Government bought 36 aircraft instead of 126 from the French company. “While Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had claimed that in the new agreement, the price is nine per cent cheaper than it was in the UPA deal, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said it is 20 per cent cheaper and an IAF officer said it is 40 per cent cheaper, then why they didn’t buy more than 126 if it was cheaper?” Antony asked. He claimed that before the UPA demitted office, the nego- tiations were almost over, and after the NDA came to power, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a unilateral deci- sion on April 10, 2015 to pur- chase 36 aircraft. “When the IAF demanded 126 aircraft, who authorised the PM to reduce the number to 36?” he asked. The requirement for 126 aircraft was made by the IAF in 2000. In 2018, the threat per- ception from our border nations has increased than what it was in 2000, Antony claimed. The Congress leader claimed that if the UPA deal was not cancelled, the HAL would have acquired state-of-the-art technology through transfer-of-technolo- gy and would have gained experience to manufacture fighter aircraft. India lost this opportunity, he said. D efence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has blamed the previous UPA Government for ignoring the interests of the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Indian Air Force (IAF) and claimed that the NDA Government is getting 36 Rafale fighter jets at a rate nine per cent cheaper than what was agreed upon by the then UPA Government. Speaking at the Indian Women’s Press Corps, Sitharaman reacted to former Defence Minister AK Antony’s allegations, saying, “The deal didn’t happen during the UPA. What also didn’t happen dur- ing the UPA was that the HAL and the Dassault couldn’t agree on production terms. So the HAL and Rafale couldn’t go together. Doesn’t that very clearly say who didn’t go with the HAL? Under which Government did that happen? So saying that the NDA Government did not take care of HAL is absolutely misplaced. Neither the HAL nor Air Force’s interests were taken care of by the UPA.” Refuting the Congress’ charge that the Government preferred Reliance Defence to collaborate with Dassault over- looking the HAL, Sitharaman said the rules framed by the previous Congress-led coalition Government had allowed the foreign companies to enter into deal with private compa- nies.Sitharaman also accused the UPA Government of not finalising the Rafale deal for years. “Why didn’t the agree- ment happen,” she asked. The Defence Minister said, “The UPA Government could have strengthened the HAL. Every question should actual- ly go to them. They didn’t take care of the HAL.” She said Antony is a very senior leader, and having been in the Ministry before her, he understands the negotiations. Sitharaman added the Rafale negotiations were not “over the counter” purchases. This assertion came after Antony questioned why the Centre did not buy 126 aircraft. Sitharaman said 126 jets will also have to be bought on order and, therefore, will have a time- line and follow all related con- ditions like escalation costs. Responding to questions on the Congress’s allegations against the Government over the Rafale deal, the Minister said, “We have responded saying your basic price and the basic price that I am getting at, when compared with all the escalation and other things, is 9 per cent cheaper.” T he atmosphere at Bengaluru-based defence public sector undertaking Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is sombre. The statement of Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman ques- tioning the capability of the ace PSU in the context of Rafael deal controversy has dampened the spirit of the staff, scientists and officials of the PSU. In her defence of the Rafael’s 37,000-crore offset contract not going to the PSU, the Minister had said the HAL didn’t have the capability to produce 4.5 generation French- made Rafael fighter jets. Speaking to a news chan- nel, Sitharaman had said, “There are questions which… why didn’t you prefer the HAL... I will answer that too... In fact, if anything, I would question the Congress party...Your love for the HAL...The noise that is being made now, the HAL is being ignored… If they were more interested in the HAL, why did- n’t they sit with the French (company) and talk it out to see what is deficient about the HAL’s offer and what can be done to improve it and how the HAL indeed gets it. If they really had a love for the HAL, at least LCA pro- ductions should have been increased. If you genuinely had a love for the HAL, you could have increased that capacity, which is what we have done. We are quite active- ly engaged with the HAL. For the love of the HAL... UPA, Shri Rahul Gandhi doesn’t just help talking.” The officials and staff at the HAL, the country’s only defence aerospace company established over seven decades ago, feel insulted by Minister’s remarks and point out that the HAL has been the backbone of the Indian Air Force and has the capabilities to produce any fighter with technology trans- fer. They also feel the HAL has become a pawn in the political slugfest. Another retired executive pointed out that this has killed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream of “Make in India”. He also pointed out that the Government started, what is called buyback of shares, and took about 5,000- 6,000 crore each year for last three years from the HAL. He said with this the order book position of the HAL came down drastically. Regarding design and development of new aircraft/ helicopter/aircraft engines, an official said as of now Indian private sector companies do not have expertise, patience, and perseverance to pursue a design which may take any- where between 6 years and 20 years. I n a move to pare its debt, Air India has asked the National Building Construction Company (NBCC) to prepare a detailed project report (DPRs) on monetisation of its prime properties located at Baba Khadak Singh Marg in Connaught Place and Vasant Vihar in the national Capital. The property at Vasant Vihar is spread on 30 acres and it houses Air India’s staff colony. The property at Baba Khadak Singh Marg is spread across 16,000 square metres. Air India is expected to raise 3,000- 4,000 crores through this mon- etisation process. These two properties were surrendered by Air India to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs last year. The Government wants to expedite monetisation of Air India’s immovable assets to reduce its debt burden in a bid to make the airline attrac- tive for privatisation. Top sources said Air India has come up with a fresh roadmap on asset monetisation to tackle its fiscal woes. “At a high-level meeting held last week, Air India asked the NBCC to make separate roadmap for each properties,” sources added. As per the plan, the NBCC will make residen- tial projects in the Vasant Vihar property, while it will raise commercial projects on the Baba Khadak Singh Marg property. “These properties were on perpetual lease of 99 years and can’t be monetised directly by Air India due to land title issues. The Government will monetise the properties and the proceeds will be transferred to the Consolidated Fund of India. From there, the Government will transfer the money to the airline for reduc- ing debt,” said officials of the Ministry of Civil Aviation. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs had given in- principle approval for disin- vestment of the Government’s stake in Air India and five of its subsidiaries, based on the recommendations of the NITI Aayog. Air India has a total debt of around 52,000 crore which comprises 22,000 crore as aircraft loan and the rest as working capital loan and other liabilities. The property at Baba Khadak Singh Marg is just a plot with no construction. It was meant to house the national carrier’s city terminal office. Both these properties were allotted to Indian Airlines Ltd, which was merged with Air India. C hief Minister Raghubar Das in a direct communication with the sanitation workers here in Capital City on Tuesday assured both social as well as financial support to the ‘Swacchta Champions’. From linking sanitation workers to Labour Welfare Board to pro- viding them skill based training to increasing their monthly wage, the CM said that the State Government will take all mandatory steps required for the social uplift of the labour- ers. Focusing on imparting skill based training to the sanitation workers; the five-day work- shop-cum-training sessions will be commenced from October 2 wherein the labourers will be also provided a kit of worth Rs. 2500. During the programme ‘Swacchta Mitro Ke liye Sammelan’, the CM further urged to the labourers to get their registration done with the Labour Welfare Board at Rs. 10. As per announcement made, annually each labour registered with Labour Welfare Board has to pay Rs. 100. Sharing other social welfare plans with the sanitation work- ers, the CM stated, “Every san- itation worker will get a bicycle. Also, the State government will soon launch Mukhya Mantri Annapurna Yojana for lower income group people. Under the scheme, labourers will get quality food at Rs. 10. Soon, Food Caravans will be also started to serve food to the labourers, discharging their duty at different locations.” On pilot basis, the service of Food Caravans will be start- ed in Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Dhanbad, Bokaro and Palamau. The CM added that to reg- ister any grievance, Labour Trade Union office will be opened inside the newly con- structed Vendors Market – Jaipal Singh Stadium, hence any sanitation worker can approach the leader of the union or any other office bearer to resolve their problem. The CM asked the labourers to demarcate a few spots for the construction of Bi-cycle stand. Soon, for better management Continued on page 4 I n the run up to the September 23 rollout of the universal health insurance scheme under the banner of Ayushman Bharat, Jharkhand Government is all set to start extensive training of facilitators named as Arogya Mitras. Training of the connecting links between hospitals and patients would be to ensure hustle-free registrations, link- ages with empanelled diag- nostic centers and reimburse- ment of medical bills after sat- isfactory treatments. Union Health Minister JP Nadda after holding a review meeting on Tuesday about the preparations for the scheduled launch informed that the train- ing was a must since the entire scheme is digital and paperless. “We conducted a review of preparations of the Ayushman Bharat scheme which would be rolled out by the Prime Minister in Ranchi on September 23. Chip-based Golden Cards to the 57 lakh families of the State are to be distributed for which trained people are required right up to district levels. A pilot training programme would be started two days ahead of the rollout since entire scheme is paperless and digital,” said the Minister. He added that all Government hospitals and host of private health centers were going to be empanelled on fast track basis ahead of the opening. “Patients would start coming the moment the scheme is opened. We have to be ready for that. Before that the Center would be sending letters to every eligible household of the State based on the social-economic and Caste Census, 2011. Ayushman Mitras would identify those families and get them their cards issued. Jharkhand has chosen hybrid model for the scheme which incorporates both trust model as well as insurance model. All the Government facilities are deemed to be empanelled for providing treatment under the scheme along with qualifying private hospi- tals,” added Nadda in the presence of Chief Minister Raghubar Das, Health Minister Ramchandra Chnadravansi and senior officials. Nationally, the scheme aims to cover 10.74 crore families including 57 lakh in Jharkhand by providing them with medical insurance up to Rs five lakh annually against 1350 different types of diseases. The scheme is being run on 60:40 ratio between the Center and the State. Nadda also lauded the State’s achievements in terms of health parameters such as MMR, IMR and Total Fertility Ratio. “Jharkhand has taken a giant leap in terms of health parameters. MMR has come down by 46 points. The State is among leading States in terms of TFR which is 2.6. Facilities at AIIMS at Deoghar, five new medical colleges at different other places are growing in strength along with trained medico and para-medics which have contributed a lot in this field,” said he and indicated to support being given to the State for taming malaria, TB, Leishmaniasis etc. Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit besides launching the scheme would also inaugurate two medical colleges coming up at Chaibasa and Koderma and 10 health and wellness centers meant to contribute achieving the uni- versal health security for the people of the State.

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Beijing: China on Tuesday hit back at the US with tariffson �60 billion worth of American goods, in a tit-for-tat move that camehours after President DonaldTrump slapped duties on �200billion worth of Chineseimports.

President Trump onTuesday slapped 10 per centtariffs on �200 billion worth ofChinese imports and the duties will rise to whopping 25per cent at the end of the year,escalating the trade war withthe world’s second largest econ-omy.

Trump alleged China hadbeen unwilling to change itsunfair trade practices and thenew additional tariff structurewould give fair and reciprocaltreatment to American firms.

China’s Finance Ministryretorted. “If the United Statesinsists on raising tariffs evenmore, China will respondaccordingly.” Agencies

Detailed report on P12

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Former Defence Minister AKAntony on Tuesday accused

incumbent NirmalaSitharaman of “suppressingfacts” regarding the Rafale dealand asked why theGovernment is not setting upa joint parliamentary commit-tee (JPC) to probe it. Antonyalso held the Government“guilty” of “gravely compro-mising” national security in theRafale deal.

The Congress leaderdemanded that the ModiGovernment should publishthe price of the UPAGovernment’s deal for 126 air-craft and the current price ofthe NDA Government’s 36Rafale deal, including per air-craft price, to clear the doubtsand let the nation decide whois correct.

“Since, there is a growingperception that the ModiGovernment’s Rafale purchasedeal has more skeletons in itscloset, let there be a joint par-liamentary probe to bring outthe truth,” Antony said at aPress conference.

He also accused the PM ofviolating the Defence procure-ment procedure (DPP), asaccording to it only the DefenceAcquisition Council, chaired bythe Defence Minister and com-prising the three service chiefs,can decide the number of air-craft and weapons to be pur-chased. “Prime Minister Modi’sdecision is a clear violation ofthe DPP,” he said.

“In the JPC, the presentGovernment has got the major-ity. Why are they afraid? Let theJPC go through all the files. TheJPC can call files. A JPC con-sisting of a majority of personsfrom the Government can lookthrough all the files and come

out with the truth,” theCongress leader said.

Rejecting the charges lev-elled by Defence MinisterNirmala Sitharaman that anunprecedented intervention byhim in 2013 had put the “finalnail in the coffin” of the aircraftdeal when the cost negotiationcommittee was giving finaltouches to the deal, Antonysaid, “Her allegations are com-pletely false and she is deliber-ately suppressing the facts.”

The former Minister wenton to allege that contract nego-tiations were almost over andwhen the proposal was sent tothe Finance Ministry, it felt thatthe life cycle cost concept wasa new concept and they cannotsupport it.

Antony also claimed thatthe then Congress-led UPAGovernment had receivedobjections and reservations inwritten from several leaders,including a senior BJP MP,about the life cycle cost calcu-lation and the Indian Air Force(IAF) was insisting to finalisethe deal. “Then I directed thatthe negotiations should con-tinue, but take it to the CabinetCommittee on Security onlyafter disputes are settled,”Antony said.

The former DefenceMinister accused Sitharaman oftrying to tarnish the image ofpublic-sector HindustanAeronautics Limited (HAL)both nationally and globally. Healso asked if the price of theRafale fighter jets were cheap-er than that negotiated by theUPA Government, and why theGovernment bought 36 aircraftinstead of 126 from the Frenchcompany.

“While Law Minister RaviShankar Prasad had claimedthat in the new agreement, theprice is nine per cent cheaper

than it was in the UPA deal,Finance Minister Arun Jaitleysaid it is 20 per cent cheaperand an IAF officer said it is 40per cent cheaper, then why

they didn’t buy more than 126if it was cheaper?” Antonyasked.

He claimed that before theUPA demitted office, the nego-

tiations were almost over, andafter the NDA came to power,Prime Minister Narendra Modiannounced a unilateral deci-sion on April 10, 2015 to pur-chase 36 aircraft. “When theIAF demanded 126 aircraft,who authorised the PM toreduce the number to 36?” heasked.

The requirement for 126aircraft was made by the IAF in2000. In 2018, the threat per-ception from our bordernations has increased thanwhat it was in 2000, Antonyclaimed. The Congress leaderclaimed that if the UPA deal was not cancelled, theHAL would have acquiredstate-of-the-art technologythrough transfer-of-technolo-gy and would have gainedexperience to manufacturefighter aircraft. India lost thisopportunity, he said.

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Defence Minister NirmalaSitharaman has blamed

the previous UPA Governmentfor ignoring the interests of the Hindustan AeronauticsLimited (HAL) and Indian AirForce (IAF) and claimed thatthe NDA Government is

getting 36 Rafale fighter jets at a rate nine per cent cheaper than what was agreedupon by the then UPAGovernment.

Speaking at the IndianWomen’s Press Corps,Sitharaman reacted to formerDefence Minister AK Antony’sallegations, saying, “The dealdidn’t happen during the UPA.What also didn’t happen dur-ing the UPA was that the HALand the Dassault couldn’t agreeon production terms. So theHAL and Rafale couldn’t gotogether. Doesn’t that veryclearly say who didn’t go withthe HAL? Under whichGovernment did that happen?So saying that the NDAGovernment did not take careof HAL is absolutely misplaced.Neither the HAL nor AirForce’s interests were takencare of by the UPA.”

Refuting the Congress’charge that the Governmentpreferred Reliance Defence tocollaborate with Dassault over-looking the HAL, Sitharamansaid the rules framed by theprevious Congress-led coalitionGovernment had allowed theforeign companies to enterinto deal with private compa-

nies.Sitharaman also accusedthe UPA Government of notfinalising the Rafale deal foryears. “Why didn’t the agree-ment happen,” she asked.

The Defence Minister said,“The UPA Government couldhave strengthened the HAL.Every question should actual-ly go to them. They didn’t takecare of the HAL.”

She said Antony is a verysenior leader, and having beenin the Ministry before her, heunderstands the negotiations.Sitharaman added the Rafalenegotiations were not “overthe counter” purchases.

This assertion came afterAntony questioned why theCentre did not buy 126 aircraft.Sitharaman said 126 jets willalso have to be bought on orderand, therefore, will have a time-line and follow all related con-ditions like escalation costs.

Responding to questionson the Congress’s allegationsagainst the Government over the Rafale deal, theMinister said, “We haveresponded saying your basicprice and the basic price that Iam getting at, when comparedwith all the escalation and otherthings, is 9 per cent cheaper.”

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The atmosphere atBengaluru-based defence

public sector undertakingHindustan AeronauticsLimited (HAL) is sombre. Thestatement of Defence MinisterNirmala Sitharaman ques-tioning the capability of theace PSU in the context ofRafael deal controversy hasdampened the spirit of thestaff, scientists and officials ofthe PSU.

In her defence of theRafael’s �37,000-crore offsetcontract not going to the PSU,the Minister had said the HALdidn’t have the capability toproduce 4.5 generation French-made Rafael fighter jets.

Speaking to a news chan-nel, Sitharaman had said,“There are questions which…why didn’t you prefer theHAL... I will answer that too...In fact, if anything, I wouldquestion the Congress

party...Your love for theHAL...The noise that is beingmade now, the HAL is beingignored… If they were moreinterested in the HAL, why did-n’t they sit with the French(company) and talk it out to seewhat is deficient about theHAL’s offer and what can bedone to improve it and how theHAL indeed gets it.

If they really had a love forthe HAL, at least LCA pro-ductions should have beenincreased. If you genuinely

had a love for the HAL, youcould have increased thatcapacity, which is what wehave done. We are quite active-ly engaged with the HAL. Forthe love of the HAL... UPA, ShriRahul Gandhi doesn’t just helptalking.”

The officials and staff at theHAL, the country’s onlydefence aerospace companyestablished over seven decadesago, feel insulted by Minister’sremarks and point out that theHAL has been the backbone of

the Indian Air Force and hasthe capabilities to produce anyfighter with technology trans-fer. They also feel the HAL hasbecome a pawn in the politicalslugfest.

Another retired executivepointed out that this has killedPrime Minister NarendraModi’s dream of “Make inIndia”. He also pointed outthat the Government started,what is called buyback ofshares, and took about �5,000-6,000 crore each year for lastthree years from the HAL. Hesaid with this the order bookposition of the HAL camedown drastically.

Regarding design anddevelopment of new aircraft/helicopter/aircraft engines, anofficial said as of now Indianprivate sector companies donot have expertise, patience,and perseverance to pursue adesign which may take any-where between 6 years and 20years.

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In a move to pare its debt, AirIndia has asked the National

Building ConstructionCompany (NBCC) to preparea detailed project report(DPRs) on monetisation of itsprime properties located atBaba Khadak Singh Marg inConnaught Place and VasantVihar in the national Capital.

The property at VasantVihar is spread on 30 acres andit houses Air India’s staff colony.The property at Baba KhadakSingh Marg is spread across16,000 square metres. Air Indiais expected to raise �3,000-4,000 crores through this mon-etisation process.

These two propertieswere surrendered by AirIndia to the Ministry ofHousing and Urban Affairslast year. The Government wants toexpedite monetisation of AirIndia’s immovable assets toreduce its debt burden in abid to make the airline attrac-

tive for privatisation.Top sources said Air India

has come up with a freshroadmap on asset monetisationto tackle its fiscal woes. “At ahigh-level meeting held lastweek, Air India asked theNBCC to make separateroadmap for each properties,”sources added. As per the plan,the NBCC will make residen-tial projects in the Vasant Viharproperty, while it will raisecommercial projects on theBaba Khadak Singh Margproperty.

“These properties were onperpetual lease of 99 years andcan’t be monetised directly byAir India due to land title

issues. The Government willmonetise the properties and theproceeds will be transferred tothe Consolidated Fund ofIndia. From there, theGovernment will transfer themoney to the airline for reduc-ing debt,” said officials of theMinistry of Civil Aviation. TheCabinet Committee onEconomic Affairs had given in-principle approval for disin-vestment of the Government’sstake in Air India and five of itssubsidiaries, based on the recommendations of the NITIAayog.

Air India has a total debt ofaround �52,000 crore whichcomprises �22,000 crore asaircraft loan and the rest asworking capital loan and otherliabilities. The property at BabaKhadak Singh Marg is just aplot with no construction. Itwas meant to house the national carrier’s city terminaloffice. Both these propertieswere allotted to Indian AirlinesLtd, which was merged withAir India.

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Chief Minister Raghubar Dasin a direct communication

with the sanitation workershere in Capital City on Tuesdayassured both social as well asfinancial support to the‘Swacchta Champions’. Fromlinking sanitation workers toLabour Welfare Board to pro-

viding them skill based trainingto increasing their monthlywage, the CM said that the StateGovernment will take allmandatory steps required forthe social uplift of the labour-ers.

Focusing on imparting skillbased training to the sanitationworkers; the five-day work-shop-cum-training sessions willbe commenced from October 2wherein the labourers will bealso provided a kit of worth Rs.2500. During the programme‘Swacchta Mitro Ke liyeSammelan’, the CM furtherurged to the labourers to gettheir registration done with

the Labour Welfare Board at Rs.10. As per announcementmade, annually each labourregistered with Labour WelfareBoard has to pay Rs. 100.

Sharing other social welfareplans with the sanitation work-ers, the CM stated, “Every san-itation worker will get a bicycle.Also, the State government willsoon launch Mukhya MantriAnnapurna Yojana for lowerincome group people. Underthe scheme, labourers will getquality food at Rs. 10. Soon,Food Caravans will be alsostarted to serve food to thelabourers, discharging theirduty at different locations.”

On pilot basis, the serviceof Food Caravans will be start-ed in Ranchi, Jamshedpur,Dhanbad, Bokaro and Palamau.

The CM added that to reg-ister any grievance, LabourTrade Union office will beopened inside the newly con-structed Vendors Market –Jaipal Singh Stadium, hence anysanitation worker can approachthe leader of the union or anyother office bearer to resolvetheir problem. The CM askedthe labourers to demarcate afew spots for the constructionof Bi-cycle stand. Soon, forbetter management

Continued on page 4

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In the run up to theSeptember 23 rollout of the

universal health insurancescheme under the banner ofAyushman Bharat, JharkhandGovernment is all set to startextensive training of facilitatorsnamed as Arogya Mitras.Training of the connectinglinks between hospitals andpatients would be to ensurehustle-free registrations, link-ages with empanelled diag-nostic centers and reimburse-ment of medical bills after sat-isfactory treatments.

Union Health Minister JPNadda after holding a reviewmeeting on Tuesday about thepreparations for the scheduledlaunch informed that the train-ing was a must since the entirescheme is digital and paperless.

“We conducted a review ofpreparations of the AyushmanBharat scheme which would berolled out by the PrimeMinister in Ranchi onSeptember 23. Chip-basedGolden Cards to the 57 lakhfamilies of the State are to bedistributed for which trainedpeople are required right up todistrict levels. A pilot trainingprogramme would be started

two days ahead of the rolloutsince entire scheme is paperlessand digital,” said the Minister.

He added that allGovernment hospitals and host ofprivate health centers were goingto be empanelled on fast trackbasis ahead of the opening.“Patients would start coming themoment the scheme is opened.We have to be ready for that.Before that the Center would besending letters to every eligiblehousehold of the State based onthe social-economic and CasteCensus, 2011. Ayushman Mitraswould identify those families andget them their cards issued.Jharkhand has chosen hybridmodel for the scheme whichincorporates both trust model aswell as insurance model. All theGovernment facilities are deemedto be empanelled for providingtreatment under the scheme alongwith qualifying private hospi-tals,” added Nadda in the presenceof Chief Minister Raghubar Das,Health Minister RamchandraChnadravansi and senior officials.

Nationally, the scheme aimsto cover 10.74 crore familiesincluding 57 lakh in Jharkhandby providing them with medicalinsurance up to Rs five lakhannually against 1350 differenttypes of diseases. The scheme is

being run on 60:40 ratio betweenthe Center and the State.

Nadda also lauded theState’s achievements in terms ofhealth parameters such asMMR, IMR and Total FertilityRatio. “Jharkhand has taken agiant leap in terms of healthparameters. MMR has comedown by 46 points. The State isamong leading States in termsof TFR which is 2.6. Facilitiesat AIIMS at Deoghar, five newmedical colleges at differentother places are growing instrength along with trained

medico and para-medics whichhave contributed a lot in thisfield,” said he and indicated tosupport being given to theState for taming malaria, TB,Leishmaniasis etc.

Prime Minister NarendraModi during his visit besideslaunching the scheme wouldalso inaugurate two medicalcolleges coming up at Chaibasaand Koderma and 10 healthand wellness centers meant tocontribute achieving the uni-versal health security for thepeople of the State.

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Students of the rural areas,especial ly those who

belong to the economicallyweaker sections of the societywill soon to be able to studyCost and ManagementAccountancy here atChandrapura in Bokaro dis-trict.

On the initiative of theFinance Department ofChandrapura Thermal PowerStation (CTPS) and DamodarValley Corporation (DVC)management, a study centrefor Cost and ManagementAccountancy will soon to beopened here, informedAkshay Kumar PublicRelation Officer CTPS.

DVC’s Senior Manager(Finance) Rakesh Ranjan andDeputy Manager(Distribution) Abhijit Goraisaid, “We are struggling sincepast two years to open aCenter at Chandrapura. Ourpositive efforts realised andthe Executive Secretary ofthe Inst itute of Cost

Accountants of India, KamalGurumurthy has given per-mission on 23 August thisyear to open a Center here”.

Besides other states ofthe country, the Institute ofCost Accountants of India islocated in Jamshedpur,Ranchi, Dhanbad, Bokaro andHazaribagh in Jharkhand.Now the poor students ofChandrapura would be able tostudy the cost and manage-ment accountant, saidAkshay.

The students who com-pleted their Intermediate edu-cation or +2 educations willonly be able to enroll for thecourse, he informed.

“The office bearers of thefinancial department, LPGupta, Deputy ManagerAbhijeet Gorai, Manoj Singh,Sunil Sinha, senior managerSuman Kumar including oth-ers were played a vital role inmaking the work success,” headded.

Lauding the initiatives ofCTPS’s finance departmentstaffs the DVC managementhas given assurance to pro-vide all sorts of support inestablishing this institutionearliest, said Akshay.

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Naxal scenario at Saryu inLatehar district is now a

totally subdued of what it used tobe just three years back here likedark, uncertain and frightful

CPI Maoists have left this alltime and all season ‘head quar-ter ‘ of them at Saryu. The spacewhich had shrunk in the past isnow expanding. Maoists emptiedthis place only to pitch their tentsat Burha Pahar where too thecontinuous offensives againstthem by security forces theMaoists are more down thePahar than up and are scattered.

DIG STF Saket KumarSingh, who was here at Saryu onSunday along with SP LateharParshant Anand said the naxalscenario at Saryu is now a thingof the past as people here mustercourage to tell us what loss theyhave suffered or undergone dur-ing those years here when

Maoists used to rule the roosthere.

Singh said, “ People of oncenaxal dominated or ruleddomain now have got tongue towag against them which someyears back used to be tongue tiedfor fear of Maoists.”

The ‘Fear Factor’ is gone saidDIG STF and now it is time tofurther accelerate the pace ofdevelopment here as this placewas literally gagged by theMaoists. DIG quoting locals saidat Saryu there never hid any localMaoists but the outsiders as thisis being narrated now by the vil-lagers. DIGr referred to a girlhere who said the unknownMaoists then at Saryu used tocast their evil eyes on them!

On Sunday if DIG STF andParshant Anand SP Lateharoversaw the security aspectshere the DC Latehar RajeevKumar reviewed his variousschemes of the government here.

It was a twin purpose arrival ofthis team of DIG SP and DC hereon Sunday.

Life in day and at night of thelocals here was under the controlof the Maoists who used to fix themovement of the locals but nowresidents breathe in an atmosphereof peace, openness and freedom.

“ Life here continues to bestill challenging here as there isno end to development as devel-opment is a continuous processand when the Maoists kept thisarea blocked from basic devel-opments it will require moretime to make this place Saryu torun at par with other placeswhere Maoists fear torture andatrocity was far less” added DIG.

He said there are still pock-ets here where riding a bike is asdifficult as taming any river inspate. Cry for more and moredevelopment fills the air and oursecurity post here doubles up asintegrated development centre.

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A28-year-old man stabbedhis lover’s husband to death

at Ramnagar under Kadmapolice station area on Mondaymorning. The assailant, RatanPahi, who is father of threedaughters, decided to kill RanjuPandey (25) at her house RoadNo 2 of Ramnagar, but asRanju's husband Jivan KishorePandey (40) wanted to stop theassailant, the latter stabbed himto death. Jivan used to work ata small scale industry atAdityapur.

Ratan who is a resident ofSonari had subsequentlystabbed Jivan's elderly father andyounger brother before stabbingRanju. Ranju sustained grievousstabbing injuries and is admit-ted at the Tata Main Hospital,where as her father-in-law andbrother-in-law who had sus-tained minor injuries werereleased after first aid.

The assailant Ratan, whoworks in a private cable net-work agency and also would

drive auto-rickshaw fled thecity after committing the crime.The police have picked upRatan's wife, Nandini Pahi.

OC, Kadma police station,JK Thakur said they have beenraiding various places in andaround the city ever since Ratancommitted the murder onMonday.

According to sources inthe police, Ratan had establishedillicit relation with Ranju a cou-ple of years ago. As Ratan hadthree daughters, he was cravingfor a male child. Incidentally, ashis paramour Ranju gave birthto a male child a month ago,Ratan demanded the childclaiming himself to be the bio-logical father. But, the womanhad turned down her lover'srequest. This was the reasonthat Ratan got angry at Ranjuand wanted to kill her.Unfortunately, Ranju's husbandJivan who had the knowledgeabout the affair of his wife withRatan faced the assailant's ireand was fatally injured on beingattacked.

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Ateam of 42 businessmenwho went on a tour of

Macau and Hongkong andtrapped in the typhoonMangkhut finally returnedhome. Earlier the team was tocatch the flight to Calcutta onSunday evening. But as allessential services came to astandstill due to Mangkhut, theHonkong International Airportwas also shut temporarily. Allthese 42 were from differentparts of Jharkhand andOdisha.

Ravi Ranjan Singh, one ofthe businessmen who was partof this team, said after reach-ing Calcutta this morning thatthey reached Macau onSeptember 12 and finallyreached Hongkong onSeptember 14. He said they vis-ited various tourist spots ofHongkong and then they werefinally ready to take a flight onSunday evening.

He recalled how climate ofHongkong all sudden changedwith Mangkhut forced them tostay indoors. “We were in HotelHongkong Gold Coast andsoon got information that allessential services were shutdown temporarily. The gov-

ernment even issued orders forall to remain indoors. EvenHonkong international airportknown as a central transitpoint for much of Asia was alsoclosed on Sunday seeing thetyphoon threat,” he said.

Singh said all of them atfirst contacted their familiesand told them that they all weresafe. He said on Monday, cli-mate returned to normalcyand so they caught a flight at7:30 for Delhi. He said atMonday midnight around12:30, they reached to Delhi.From Delhi, six out of 42 per-sons got the flight to Calcuttaat 2:30A.M. He said he andother six finally took the flightat 7:30.

Singh and other six personscaught flight to Ranchi in theafternoon. Finally, after reach-ing Ranchi, Singh heaved a sighof relief. But said he and oth-ers were surprised to see theway Hongkong faced thetyphoons. They knew well howto face the natural calamities,added Ravi. He said oncetyphoon entered

Hongkong, hotel manage-ment asked them not to getfrightened. He said

hotel circulated the noticethat they will provide all facil-ities as usual to their guests.

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nic wear, launched their 3rd store in Ranchi on Tuesday. Thecompany opened their 12th celebration wear store in the State

of Jharkhand. Aiming to up the consumer experience quotient,the new store will provide a personalized experience to the con-sumers. The Mohey-Manyavar store promises to be the one stopdestination presenting an exquisite range of ethnic designs cater-ing to both men and women for various occasions. KumarSaurabh, Chief Business Officer, Vedant Fashions, said, “Ourbrand has a unique mix of modernity and tradition, suited forevery occasion and special moment for the new age consumers.Our aim is to reach out to as many consumers we can in the com-ing years offering them our unique brand experience.”

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DGP DK Pandey onTuesday asserted that

Jharkhand police was betterprepared than ever to ensurepeace during the Karma andMuharram.

In a meeting held with thevarious religious groups DGPDK Pandey stated police havetaken several measures includ-ing undertaking drive againstanti-social elements, deploy-ment of additional womenpolice force, possessing videorecording teams and intensi-f ication of patrolling tobecome a stronger force thisyear.

He appealed to the repre-sentatives of different groupsto observe the festival in har-mony and present an exampleof unity before others.

While assuring the DGPof their resolve to maintainpeace the central Muharramcommittee members said thatthey would try their best toend their procession andweapon games as early as pos-sible on September 22 in view

of the visit of the PrimeMinister Narendra Modi toRanchi on September 23.

It may be stated here inRanchi district police wouldmobilize the same force post-ed for religious function forsecurity during PM’s visit.Ranchi Mahnagar SarvDharma Sadbavna Samiti,Mahanagar CentralMuharram Committee RanchiMahanagar Shree Durga PujaSamiti and representativesfrom the rural areas partici-pated in the meeting.

Meanwhile, districtadministration is holding reg-ular peace committee meet-ings to ensure law and orderduring the religions functions.

“The district administra-tion is talking all precaution-ary measures to ensure peaceduring the religious functions.Magistrates with police forcewould be stationed at sensitiveplaces during the festival. Thepeace committee meetings arebeing held at police station lev-els,” said the Sadar SDO ManojKumar Ranjan.

Kotwali DSP informed that

peace committee meeting hasalready been held in Pandraand Daily market area.

“We are cautioning theleading persons of each local-ity to resolve minor disputes onthe spot while asking them torefer the major ones to thesenior officials immediately.Police are also asked them tocheck the spread of rumours,”the DSP said.

He said that quick reactionteams have been posted atpolice station. He said policewould be present in the frontand the back of the processionsto guide them towards theirdestination.

It may be noted here thecentral peace committeechaired by the Ranchi DC RaiMahimapat Ray and the SSPAnis Gupta was held at collec-torate recently. The districtadministration has appealed tothe participants to reach at anunderstanding on the timing ofthe processions. The officialscautioned that such weaponsthat could cause damageshould not be given in hands ofminors.

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Kolhan administration is notwilling to take any chanceswhatsoever with regard to theMaoist activities.

Deputy inspector general,Kolhan, Kuldeep Dwivedipresided over a high-levelmeeting of senior cops fromOdisha and West Bengal alongwith superintendents of policeof different districts to reviewthe law and order situation.East Singhbhum Senior SPAnoop BirtharaySuperintendent of policeS e r a i k e l a - K h a r s a w a n ,Chandan Kumar Sinha respec-tively, and senior police officersfrom Purulia and Mayurbhanjdistrict.

Talking to the newsmen,

the DIG, Dwivedi, said themeeting was aimed at workingin co-ordinated way against theCPI-Maoist rebels in Kolhanand also in the bordering dis-tricts.

"During the meeting theofficials of police and para-military forces exchanged ofinformation regarding the nax-als movement in areas of con-cern like Ghatshila, Patamda,Nimdih, Chandil, Saranda,and Kiriburu in Kolhan areaswith Purulia, Burdwan andWest Midnapore districts inBengal and also withMayurbhanj, Keonjhar andSundergarh districts inOdisha," said the DIG.

He said they decided toensure that the police or para-military force of any of thesethree states should not wait fora nod from higher ups for

chasing any rebel or squad ofrebels who tend to sneak intoother state during a specialoperation.

He said such border dis-trict co-ordination meetingshould be held every monthfrom now on until the rebelsare not wiped out. The meet-ing started at the conferencehall of the senior SP,Jamshedpur from 11 am andcontinued till 4.30 pm.

During the meeting thepolice establishments of thethree States decided to set upadditional check post in bor-dering areas. The officials saidthat additional check postswould be set in borderingareas to put a check on move-ment of ultras. Adequate secu-rity arrangements would bemade during elections to curbany untoward incidents.

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Jharkhand Skill Mission Societyon the occasion of

Vishwakarma Puja broughtentire ecosystem of skill devel-opment present in the Stateonline for the users. ‘Hunar’ por-tal especially developed anddesigned for this purpose wouldmanage execution of the pro-gramme, data management andprogramme implementation inpaperless manner.

The portal would act like anyjob portal for the employerswhich would be used for upload-ing vacancies, call letters, inter-view schedule, offer letters andother related information for thebenefit of the skilled manpowerof the State. Even certified train-ers can also register on the por-tal which would also work forconvergence among all thedepartments.

Agencies like NULM,DDUGKY, Kalyan Gurukul,

Labour Department and otherswould upload their MIS datawhich would also help in assess-ing the success and performanceof the scheme all over the State.Knowledge partner EY is help-ing the society in this endeavor.

Director Ravi Ranjanexpressed hope that the portalwould provide facilities like reg-istration, jobs, self-employmentetc to the trainees. CEO Amar Jhasaid the portal would cover entire

life cycle of the Society along withensuring transparency. Youthsbetween 18-35 years can getinformation through the Hunarportal about training providers,centers, related trades and sectorsas per their choice from any-where in the State. Trainingcenters can also get registra-tions and accreditation alongwith formation of batches, theirmanagement, certification andinvoice raising online.

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Cattle owners living in andaround Palamu Tiger

Reserve are only concerned fortheir livestock and not any figfor wildlife of the PTR saidofficials. Their cattle over-take, over eat and over drinkall resources of PTR theyadded.

There are 191 villageswhich are right in the buffer ofthe PTR while another 207 vil-lages are situated in a radius of5 Kms of this PTR. The pres-sure thus on PTR is of 398 vil-lages. This pressure is for var-ied things like grass for graz-ing for farmers’ cattle and thisinterferes, destroys and dis-turbs the habitat for wild lifehere.

The other pressure is for

dry wood for fuel. Heresources said families living inand around PTR which areequipped with gas connec-tions under PM UjjawalaYojna spare gas cylinder andburner and prefer the same oldwood-fire for which PTR’sdry wood as fuel comes mosthandy.

Sources said the farmers’cattle which as per a very oldestimate counts 1.50 lakh inand around PTR not only eatpalatable grasses meant forPTR’s wild life but also con-sumes thousands of litres ofwater equally meant for PTR’sherbivores and carnivores.

PTR has built artificialtroughs, which are of highutility value in summer whenPTR faces crisis of water wherein these water troughs farmers’

buffaloes sit in and wastewater.

The new field director ofPalamu Tiger Reserve DrMohan Lal who assumedcharge of this PTR on

September 1 is a man of busi-ness and in just two weeks timeof his remaining in office ofdirectorate project tiger heretried to confront this malaiseof cattle kingdom in PTR with-out pushing any panic button.

Lal who was a director for7 years in Rashtriya GokulMission in Delhi said “ PTRis contemplating to raise ahuge pasture / meadows for thecattle of the farmers so thatthese farmers then take downtheir cattle for grazing thereleaving our prime grass landsun-intruded and un-invadedby their cattle.”

He said the farmers herehave desi variety of cow, oxbuffalo and thus there is ascope of improving the breedtoo as high breed bovines willhave stall feeding and the

income of the farmers too is setto push up.

Lal said, “I held a meetingwith PTR’s rangers where Ihave asked them to locate andfind out GM land for this pas-tures which PTR will raise at itscost for the use of farmers’ cat-tle.”

Sources said poor qualityfodder too forces farmers topush in their cattle in the ter-ritory of PTR.

Lal said “ There is IndianFodder Development Institutein Jhansi which too can beapproached for improving thequality of fodder here.” Lal saidthe problem of cattle feedingupon our grass lands is achronic one and needs to behandled with care and cautionso as not to antagonize peopleliving in and around PTR.

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Neither the brunt of acutewater shortage nor the

regular grievances of city res-idents could bring the change,when it comes to adoptingfeasible methods for conserv-ing water. In spite of receivingrounds of warning from thesenior officials and leaders,the civic body personnel areyet to move an inch to set upthe community rainwater har-vesting systems at differentwards of State’s biggest UrbanLocal Body (ULB).

Notably, the idea of estab-lishing community rainwaterharvesting setups at variouswards was proposed way back

considering the status ofdepleting ground water levelhere in the capital city.

Ironically, the elected rep-resentatives including the offi-cials associated with RMC--Water Section could not clar-ify their stance about thismuch needed project. “At pre-sent, I have no idea of com-munity rainwater harvestingwork progress. A few monthsback, the MunicipalCorporation had completedthe task of demarcating theprime spots where the com-munity rainwater system willbe decked up. The work orderfor this project is yet to betaken up,” said Deputy Mayor,Sanjiv Vijayawargia.

On the other hand, a fewward councilors stated that

after receiving the revisedproposal of community rain-

water har vesting, theMunicipal Corporation

seemed to have shelved theproject.

“As per the earlier propos-al, the community rainwaterharvesting was to be setup ineach ward. However, the pro-ject was revised. According tothe latest plan, the RanchiMunicipal Corporation (RMC)has identified a few dead bore-well to setup community rain-fall harvesting but till date, noserious attempt has been takenup by RMC to install commu-nity rainwater system at theidentified locations,” said WardCouncilor of 26 and the pres-ident of RMC StandingCommittee, Arun Jha.

According to the revisedplan, as many as 20 spots have

been identified for setting upcommunity rainwater harvest-ing systems. Moreover, theproposal of setting up com-munity rainwater harvestingsystems had received a collec-tive consent of the ward coun-cilors as well as all officials in2016.

During the tenure ofFormer MunicipalCommissioner, PrashantKumar, the first communityrainwater system was formal-ly inaugurated on the premis-es of Zila School, ShaheedChowk in the presence ofMayor Asha Lakra, DeputyMayor Sanjiv Vijayawargiaincluding others. However, thesetup which marked the begin-

ning of promoting the muchneeded water conservationtechnique across the StateCapital at present is lyingdefunct with MunicipalCorporation paying no heedtowards its maintenance.

The issue of constructingcommunity rainwater harvest-ing system is being taken upcontinuously in the wake ofsevere water crisis that contin-ues to haunt the city residentseven after summer season.Rajya Sabha MP MaheshPoddar too had lambastedRMC officials over delay inconstructing community rain-water harvesting a few monthsback during the monthly RMCboard meet.

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Police and para-militaryforces, CRPF on Tuesday

unearthed a can-bomb weigh-ing 20 kg from near a helipadat Digha village in Sarandaunder Kiriburu thana area of

West Singhbhum district. SP,Chaibasa, Kranti KumarGardeshi said the can-bombwas old one and had beenplanted by the CPI-Maoistrebels long ago. He said theCRPF recovered the explosivedevice and got it detonated.

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Ausam Salam and SakshamKumar students class VIII

of Delhi Public School Bokaroalong with their two teachersArun Pandey and NibhaKumari were conferred with‘Atal Khel Uplabdhi Samman’which was given by ‘KridaBharati’ association of Bokaroon Monday.

Ausam Salam, a versatileswimmer and athlete got theaward for winning three goldmedals in swimming which

includes Junior State 400metres Freestyle, Junior State50 metres Freestyle and goldmedal for winning Dr. RadhaKrishnan Sahodaya Inter-School Swimming individualchampionship, school PR offi-cial informed.

“Saksham Kumar got theaward for winning the silvermedal in state-level swimmingevent in Junior Group andfetching Dr. Radha KrishnanSahodaya Inter-SchoolSwimming Competition sil-ver medal,” he added.

While teachers, ArunPandey got the award for hiscontributions in field ofVolleyball as he has repre-sented the state in the SeniorNational and Inter-Universitylevel and Nibha Kumari got itfor her contributions inFootball as she also has repre-sented the state in SeniorNational and Inter-Universitylevel football tournament andalso for representingJharkhand in Handball atSenior National and Inter-University level.

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Over 250 athletes includingmen and women are par-

ticipating at the State levelPowerlifting Championshipwhich was inaugurated atCommunity Center Sector 3 inBokaro Steel City in associationwith Bokaro DistrictPowerlifting Association onTuesday.

The Jharkhand StatePowerlifting Bench PressChampionship was inauguratedby Jyotirmoy Dey in which ath-letes from all ten districts of theincluding members of at least 15Gym units are taking part.

Khushboo Rani got the first position while Rashmani scored the second position in women’s group of 47 Kgs body weight.

Kanchan Jasmin in 52 kgs andMadhvi Vilochan grabbed top in57 kgs weight group, informedDebi Prasad Chatterjee JointSecretary of JharkhandPowerlifting Association.

“On the auspicious occasionof Vishwakarma puja, we areorganizing this championshipand the first time we are goingto felicitate the third-rankedplayers too. Among the winnerswe will select two best players forthe championship,” he added.

Beside others, Bijay Singh,Rita Gurung, Inderjit Singh,Kishor Kumar, Rajesh Singh,Somnath, Somain, Sanjit,Prabir were present during theinaugural eve.

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Under the ‘Counseling forSurrender’ drive Garhwa

Police Chief Shivani Tewarialong with ASP Sadan Kumarreached in second visit at thehouse of Maoist Raju Bhuiyanin vi l lage Lavahi underDandai police station onMonday.

The SP said that 22-year-old Maoist Raju Bhuiyan livesresident in a militant-affect-ed village. “There are about 22cases registered againstBhuiyan and run in the dastaof Mrityunjay from threeyears.

He is active in many cam-

paigns against the BudhaPahad mountain range andpolice. He read up to theninth class.

His father is not alive.Mother, two younger brothersand one sister are in his fam-ily. The condition of Raju'sfamily was good from PankajKorwa's family. Its family getsall the schemes of the SCquota run by the govern-ment,” she said.

“I counseled her familyabout the surrender policyand asked to come and jointhe mainstream. I also saidthat the police campaign isgoing on and one day he willbe killed by police bullet,” theSP added.

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The cash-starved Congressis looking for a unique

method to generate funds tocontest the 2019 Lok Sabhaelections.

Setting a target of �500crore, the party has decided tocollect money for the cam-paigning through crowd-sourcing from its 10 lakhbooths across the country.

The mass campaign forfund-collection will start onOctober 2 and will end on thebirth anniversary of formerPrime Minister Indira Gandhion November 19.

Congress general secre-tary Ashok Gehlot said, “TheCongress will start a cam-paign from October 2 to reachout to people, discuss State andnational issues and collectfunds. Our workers will visit every booth, talk aboutState issues and connect withpeople”.

He said the party has set atarget to collect �500 crore,which would translate into�5,000 from every booth com-mittee.

The party has alsoinstructed all its workers ofbooth committees to go doorto door and collect smallamounts, like �5 and �10,

from every household. Theseworkers are also expected todistribute campaign flyers andpamphlets. This method, theCongress believes, wouldstrengthen their hold at thegrassroots level workers andsupporters, who will feel moreconnected to the party bymaking direct contributions.

After its complete rout inthe 2014 general elections andthereafter losing several Statesto the BJP in the heat of theModi wave, the grand oldparty has been trying to doinnovative things to connect tothe mass and the grassrootsworkers and also making

efforts to boost the morale ofthe party. Congress chief RahulGandhi has personally taken akeen interest in implementingideas like “Shakti” which theparty claimed to be inspired byMahatma Gandhi’s Abhiyan and Mera Booth MeraGaurav.

The Congress general sec-retary said campaign at thebooth level is aimed to be aninnovative way to motivatethe party workers andstrengthen the party at its coreand the result of which isbeing witnessed in Rajasthan,where the Assembly electionsare due shortly.

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From Page 1and to ensure cleanliness

all around, labourers will beprovided Walkie-Talkie.“Within a month, labourerswill be given Walkie-Talkie.Now labourers will have afacility to directly communicatewith the nodal officer and avice-versa,” the CM said.

In a breakthrough decision,the CM announced a revisedsalary of the sanitation work-ers on the occasion.Considering the long pendingdemand of the sanitation work-ers, now each sanitation work-er will get Rs. 7053 on a month-ly basis. Earlier, per month, the

workers were paid Rs. 6000. Inaddition, the State governmenthas introduced Chief MinisterFellowship Scheme for themeritorious children of sanita-tion workers.

“Covering the labourersunder different social welfarescheme is our main aim. AChild of a sanitation worker,who competes and gets admis-sion in any prestigious engi-neering or medical college,will be given Rs. 50,000 annu-ally. Similarly, per annum, Rs.10, 000 and Rs. 20,000 will begiven to those sanitation work-ers whose children are study-ing in class 10 and Standard 12

respectively,” the CMannounced.

The CM urged to the cityresidents and public to thinkbeyond sewage drainages androads and lend their equalsupport in keeping the placeclean and other activities of‘Swacch Bharat Abhiyaan’. TheCM while addressing the gath-ering also proposed sanitationcompetition among the differ-ent wards which will eventual-ly aid in scaling up the standardof cleanliness in each ward. Headvised the ward councilors towork with a vision and strate-gy to achieve best results inurban growth and expansion.

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ABSF jawan was killed byPakistan Rangers on

Tuesday in sniper firing fromacross the International Borderin Ramgarh sector of Samba.The jawan was part of the BSFarea domination patrol.

The attack took place lessthan 24 hours after UnionHome Minister Rajnath Singhinaugurated SMART fencepilot project across two

locations of Jammu frontier to check rising incidents ofinfiltration through the tradi-tional routes.

Throughout the day, spec-ulation was rife about the fateof injured jawan as he or hisbody could not be traced by thepatrolling parties in the for-ward area.

Situation also remainedtense following “unconfirmed”reports that the PakistanRangers had abducted the

injured jawan on Tuesdaymorning.

“In response to firing fromacross the International Border,BSF troops took positions andretaliated. One of the BSFjawans was hit by enemy bul-lets,” said the BSF spokesman.

The BSF spokesman alsoclarified that locating the bodyof the injured BSF jawanproved difficult due to undu-lating marshy terrain on theIndian side.

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The ruling Bharatiya JanataParty (BJP) on Tuesday

demanded that Tripura ChiefMinister Biplab Kumar Deb’ssecurity must be strengthenedas “Asia’s drug mafias havehatched a plot to kill him”, aparty leader said.

Senior police officialsrefused to comment on the

matter citing security reasons.“The Union Home

Ministry has learnt that Asia’sdrug mafias recently held ameeting in Myanmar andhatched a secret plan to kill theTripura Chief Minister,” TripuraBJP General Secretary PratimaBhowmik told the media.

She said the HomeMinistry earlier this week com-municated the “conspiracy” tothe State Government and theMinistry is planning tostrengthen the security ofTripura Chief Minister, who iscurrently provided “Z Plus”security cover.

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The BJP on Tuesdayaccused Congress leader

Navjot Singh Sidhu ofdemeaning India, speaking asan agent of Pakistan anddemoralising the soldiers ofthe country by attempting to“justify” hugging PakistaniArmy chief Qamar JavedBajwa and claiming thatPakistan is willing to allowSikh pilgrims access to agurudwara on its territory.

Defence Minister NirmalaSitharaman said, “Sidhu has alot of admirers...Somebody ofthat stature going there andthen hugging the chief of thearmy, an army about which, inIndia, we have very clear feel-ings. It certainly has an impacton soldiers and people in the(defence) ministry. The publicresponse is also similar. It is

demoralising. I wish Sidhu hadavoided it.”

BJP spokesperson SambitPatra also demanded aresponse from Congress pres-ident Rahul Gandhi over theissue, saying Sidhu has beenspeaking on the matter withhis permission as PunjabChief Minister AmarinderSingh has already condemnedhim over his conduct inPakistan during the swearing-in ceremony of Imran Khanrecently.

He also accused Sidhu ofmeeting External AffairsMinister Sushma Swaraj decep-tively as she had given appoint-ment to former Union minis-ter M S Gill with whom, Patraalleged Sidhu tagged along.

Patra said Swaraj repri-manded Sidhu in their meetingon Monday for his conduct inPakistan.

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Rajya Sabha Chairman MVenkaiah Naidu on

Tuesday reconstituted 24Departments related toParliamentary StandingCommittees. Eight of themare serviced by the upperHouse, beginning this month.

While the Committee ofHome Affairs will be chaired byformer Home Minister PChidambaram, his Cabinet col-league in UPA Anand Sharmawill head the Science andTechnology Department. TMCmember Derek O’ Brien hasbeen appointed Chairman onCommittee of Transport,Tourism and Culture.

A Rajya Sabha Press com-muniqué said the tenure of thereconstituted Committees isone year and each Committeehas 10 members from RajyaSabha and 21 from Lok Sabha.The Committee on Commercewill be chaired by NareshGujral with Rajya Sabha mem-bers Vayalar Ravi, Kapil Sibal,Roopa Ganguly, MP VirendraKumar, Rakesh Sinha and LokSabha MPs Abhishek Banerjee,Jitendra Chaudhury, BijoyaChakravarty, KavithaKalvakauntia, Dr Hari BabuKambhampati as its members.

The Committee on Healthand Family Welfare will bechaired Prof Ram Gopal Yadavwith Jai Ram Ramesh, Dr CPThakur and others from RajyaSabha as members and likewisefew MPs from Lok Sabhaincluding Arjun Lal Meena, Dr.Mahendra Nath Pandey,Chirag Paswan and Dr.Shrikant Eknath Shinde.

The Committee on HomeAffairs will be chaired by PChidambaram and membersfrom Rajya Sabha — PratapKeshari Dev, Dr V Maitreyan,Manas Ranjan Bhunia, Dr.Abhishek Manu Singhvi, R.K.Sinha and Members from LokSabha Prem Singh

Chandumajra, Adhir RanjanChowdhury, Dr Sanjeev KumarBalyan, Mallikarjun Kharge,Kirron Anupam Kher, AshwaniKumar, Faizal PP Mohammad,Jagdambika Pal, AshokGajapathi Raju Pusapati, DrPrasanna Kumar Patasini asmembers of the panel.

The Committee on HumanResource Development will bechaired by veteran leader Dr.Satyanarayan Jatiya whileCommittee on Science andTechnology, Environment andForest will be headed by AnandSharma. The other members ofSharma’s panel are SharadPawar, Prasanna Acharya, AnilBaluni, Raj Kumar Dhoot,Sushmita Dev, Ninong Ering,Dr. K. Gopal and others.

The Committee onPersonnel, Public Grievances,Law and Justice is to be chairedby Bhupender Yadav withprominent MPs of both hous-es — Swapan Das Gupta,Prabhat Jha, Majeed Memon,D. Raja, Sukhendu Sekhar Roy,Dr. Subramaniam Swamy,Tariq Anwar, Meenakhsi Lekhiand Kalyan Banerjee as thepanel’s members.

The Committee onTransport, Tourism andCulturewill be chaired byDerek O’ Brien with PrafulPatel, Dr Sonal Mansingh,Rewati Raman Singh, SubrataBakshi, Rajeshbhai NaranbhaiChudasama, Arpita Ghosh,Major General BC Khanduriand Shatrughan Prasad Sinhaas its members comprisingfrom both the house ofParliament.

New Delhi: The SupremeCourt on Tuesday stayed aPatna High Court order to setup a fresh CBI team to probethe Muzaffarpur shelter homesexual abuse case, saying sucha move would not only bedetrimental to the ongoinginvestigation but also to theinterests of the victims.

The apex court, whilestaying the high court’s orderdirecting the CBI’s specialdirector to put in place a freshteam to probe the case, saidthere was no reason now tochange the existing investi-gating team which was set upthe CBI Director.

The high court had onAugust 29 ordered that afresh team of investigators beconstituted by the CBI’s spe-cial director in the case in

which incidents of allegedrape and sexual assault ofwomen inmates over a peri-od of time had come to lightin an NGO-run shelter homeat Muzaffarpur in Bihar.

A bench of Justices

Madan B Lokur and DeepakGupta also noted that noallegations were made againstthe team probing the casewith regard to the manner inwhich the investigation wasbeing conducted. PTI

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The menace of Naxalismwill be wiped out from the

State “soon”, Chhattisgarh ChiefMinister Raman Singh saidhere even as he emphasisedthat dialogue is always a prefer-able channel for resolution ofconflicts.

Talking to The Pioneer,during the ongoing Atal VikasYatra that is underway fromSeptember 5 and will continuetill October 5 across the State,Singh said, “I could not havesaid this 15 years back but nowI can say it with conviction thatthe problem will be finishedsoon. The development pushby the State Government, par-ticularly, in the affected regionslike Bastar, and the exposure ofduplicity of the ultras’ ideolo-gy coupled with the securityaction have created favourableconditions for elimination ofviolence.”

The Chief Minister said heis even open to a dialogue withthe Naxals to resolve the issue.“We are on a path to develop anew Chhattisgarh with rapiddevelopment of the State, espe-cially areas freed from theinfluence of the ultras.”

On a question on admin-istrative vacuum inDandkaranya region still underthe Naxal influence, he said,“Rapid development of theareas will be undertaken oncethey are freed from the ultras’stranglehold. The focus of theChhattisgarh Government isnow on the Dandkaranyaregion both from the stand-point of security action as wellas developmental push.”

On a question if a timelinefor wiping out Naxalism can befixed, Singh said, “It is an inter-State problem and the ultrasoften engage in guerilla tacticsin one State and take shelter inanother State. But the situationhas significantly improved andwe have even reduced the num-ber of affected districts from 16to 13. The violence is now

restricted to the Dankaranyaregion and the tri-junction ofMadhya Pradesh, Maharashtraand Chhattisgarh. The securi-ty forces are seized of the mat-ter and appropriate strategy isin place as part of counter-action against insurgents.Naxalism has failed in AndhraPradesh and it will fail inChhattisgarh too.”

The CM’s emphasis on theBastar region can be gaugedfrom the fact that he has begunhis Atal Vikas Yatra from thearea where he addressed pub-lic rallies and meetings from hisespecially designed “Rath”. Theimprovement in the securitysituation in Bastar was clearlyvisible as the CM even mingledwith the crowd at the rallies inBhanupratappur in Kanker,Makdi in Kondagaon besidesSargipal and Asna in Jagdalpurdistrict.

Highlighting the develop-ments undertaken by hisGovernment including con-struction of state highwaysbesides the national highwaysand roads constructed for ruralconnectivity under the PMGSYand a host of Governmentschemes to cater to the require-ments of the tribal populationright from birth (allowance for

pregnant and lactating moth-ers) to death (Government pro-vides �2,500 for facilitatingcremation), he pitched for sup-port for another term.

In a clear indication that theGovernment intends to exploitthe improved security situationfor development, the CM saidthe works undertaken in thenext five years will be four-foldthan what has been achievedduring the last 15 years.

For a better communica-tion interface, the ChhattisgarhGovernment has launched a Rs500-crore plus scheme SancharKranti Yojana (SKY) in theongoing fiscal for distributionof 50 lakh smart phones out ofwhich 15 lakh handsets havealready been distributed, hesaid.

The Bastar region has nowemerged as an educational hubwith the establishment of inte-grated education facilities rightfrom school education to voca-tional institutions like the poly-technic colleges and institutionsof higher learning like medicaland engineering colleges, theCM said adding the time is nottoo far when the tribal studentsfrom the region will becomecollectors and superintendantsof police in Bastar region.

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Seeking to put the recordsstraight and allay appre-

hensions regarding its ideolo-gy, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwaton Tuesday defined Hindu asone who seeks to accepts alland integrates with all even ashe affirmed that excluding orrejecting any community likeMuslims would deprive theterm Hindu of its essence.

Speaking on the secondday of the lecture series organ-ised by the RSS here, Bhagwatsaid the concept of Hindu is all-encompassing — seekingeveryone to walk together andwishing ‘Kalyan’ (well being) ofthe entire universe.

“Hindu Rashtra hai isliyeMusalman nahin chalega isseHindupan nahin rahega(thinking that a Muslim has noplace in a Hindu Rashtra willkill the essence of Hinduness),”the RSS leader made it clearwhile giving a liberal expositionof the Hindu concept.

He said though the termHindu was first used in the 9thcentury, it carried with it thesubstance of ‘Sanatan Dharm’(eternal religion) that guides‘Bharat’ since ancient times.

“‘Bharat celebrates diversi-

ty and follows it, this is theHindu message,” he said.

In a significant comment,the Sangh leader said, “The RSSwill first organise Hindus andthen organise all other com-munities.”

He said it is like in an examwhere one first attempts easyquestions and thereafter, takesup tough questions. “None isour enemy,” he said in a clearmessage to remove any mis-giving that it was anti-Muslim.

The RSS chief said Indianphilosophy and thought seestruth in all religions and it isthis strength and substancethat had sustained us throughthe centuries “even when wewere invaded”.

Bhagwat said Indian unityis reflected in the Constitutionand Sangh respects it.

Seeking to define its rela-

tion with the BJP, Bhagwatasserted that RSS never asks itsvolunteers to work for anyparticular party but does advisethem to back those working inthe national interest.

He said there is a percep-tion that the RSS plays a keyrole in the functioning of a par-ticular party, a reference to theBJP, because of the presence ofmany of its workers in thatorganisation, but it is wrong.

“We never ask swayamse-vak (volunteer) to work for aparticular party, we do askthem to back those working innational interest. RSS keepsaway from politics but has viewson issues of national interest,”Bhagwat said adding the Sanghbelieves the centre of powershould remain as envisaged inthe Constitution and that it con-siders it wrong if it is not so.

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The number of infant deathsin India came down from

8.67 lakh in 2016 to 8.02 lakhin 2017 — the lowest in fiveyears. Nevertheless, it was thehighest in the world followed byChina at 3,30,000, according toa UN report released recently.

The report prepared byUnited Nations Inter-agencyGroup for Child MortalityEstimation (UNIGME), said of8 lakh deaths in India, 6,05,000were neo-natals while the num-ber of deaths among childrenaged 5-14 was 1,52,000. Infantdeaths were reported highest inthe world in India, followed byNigeria at 4,66,000, Pakistan3,30,000 and DemocraticRepublic of Congo 2,33,000(DRC), the report said.

Dr Gagan Gupta, Chief of

Health at the World HealthOrganisation, said India is mak-ing good progress in combat-ting reasons leading to infantdeaths through a number ofGovernment-led initiatives.

“It has to be taken into con-sideration that India has a birthrate of 25 million every year andthe number of infant deaths hascome down and is lowest in fiveyears. This is also the first timethat the number of deaths underfive is equal to number of births.The next step would be reduc-ing the number of deaths,” hesaid.

“About 18 per cent of chil-dren born globally are fromIndia,” he added. The main rea-sons behind infant deathsremain to be lack of access towater, sanitation, proper nutri-tion or basic health services,Gupta said.

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The Defence AcquisitionCouncil (DAC) chaired by

Defence Minister NirmalaSitharaman on Tuesdayapproved procurements worthover �9,100 crore including twoadditional regiments of indige-nously-developed Akash sur-face to air missile besides waterbreathing apparatus and testequipment for guided weaponsystems of T-90 tanks.

The Akash missile to beprocured is an upgraded versionof the previously inducted Akashmissiles and will include seekertechnology, possess 360 degreecoverage and will be of compactconfiguration with reduced sig-nature. The upgraded Akashweapon system is operationallycritical equipment which willprovide protection to vital assets,defence ministry officials said.

The Army has alreadyinducted two regiments of

Akash and last year two moreregiments which are in theprocess of being delivered. TheAkash system has since beenupgraded and the DAC hasgiven approval for the 3rd and4th regiments to be of theupgraded variant.

Akash was developed bythe Defence Research andDevelopment Organisation(DRDO) as part of theIntegrated Guided MissileDevelopment Programme ini-tiated in 1984 and is manufac-tured by public sector BharatDynamics Limited (BDL). Thetwo additional regiments ofAkash will also be supplied byBDL under ‘Buy Indian,’ cate-gory, they said adding theobjective is to give a fillip toindigenisation and self-reliance.

The tactical missile has arange of 25 kms and can simul-taneously engage multiple tar-gets in all weather conditionsand has a large operational

envelope from a low altitude of30 metres to a maximum of upto 20 km. Each regiment con-sists of six launchers with eachlauncher having three missiles.

Meanwhile, the DAC, theapex body for clearing weaponacquisition proposals of thethree Services, also accordedgave the nod for progressingdesign and development ofIndividual Under WaterBreathing Apparatus (IUWBA)for T 90 Tanks.

Developed by DefenceBioengineering andElectromedical Laboratory(DEBEL) of DRDO, theIUWBA is used by the crew oftanks as a safety gear and isrequired by the tank crew foremergency escape when nego-tiating water obstacles whiledeep fording. The DAC alsoaccorded approval for designand development of TestEquipment for GuidedWeapons System of T 90 Tank.

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Paucity of funds and inef-fective management —

reflecting the Government’sapathy — have hit hard thefunctioning of the NationalTrust (NT), a statutory body ofthe Union Social, Justice andEmpowerment Ministry forthe welfare of persons withautism, cerebral palsy, mentalretardation and multiple dis-abilities in the country.

While the Government hasmerged various NT schemes tocut down recurring grantsbeing doled out to the NGOs,the Trust also doesn’t have afull-time chairperson for thelast three years. If this was notenough, the Union FinanceMinistry is yet to look into thesector’s repeated requests toenhance the corpus fund,

which continues to be just�100 crore since it was set upin 1999.

“Several letters have beenwritten to the Finance Ministryto enhance the NT’s corpusfrom �100 crore to �500-1000crore for better managementand welfare of the sector, but invain,” lamented a senior NTofficial.

“It is not a happy state ofaffairs (insufficient funds). Weare spending more than ourincome (interest accrued on thecorpus). If funds are limited,then we have to reduce therecurring grants under variousschemes, some of them nowmerged. Unless we get suffi-cient funds there cannot be bet-ter situation for the sector,” hesaid.

Till April, this year, the NThad overall 10 schemes. PostApril, Disha, Vikash, Samarthand Gharaunda schemes havebeen merged. While the num-ber of beneficiaries will remainsame as in the scheme guide-

lines i.e. Disha - 20, Vikaas - 30,Gharaunda - 20 and Samarth -30, the maximum number ofBPL beneficiaries funded byNT will be limited to 20 BPLbeneficiaries for Disha andVikaas Schemes and 15 BPLbeneficiaries for Samarth andGharaunda.

Ignorance and fund short-age have been a regular affair.For instance, under Prernascheme, , the budgeted �10lakh for 2017-18 was unspentas the Government found “noproposal up to the mark”.Similar was the case with theSambhav scheme. Theseschemes are run through reg-istered organisations (ROs)with National Trust.

ROs too are not happy. SaidDr Alok Kumar Bhuwan ofDelhi-based Manovikas, anRO, “We are the link betweenthe Government and the ben-eficiaries. However, we werenot consulted before revis-ing/merging the schemes. Notonly the Government is non-

serious in running the schemes,it is also making excuses thatproposals are either not up tothe mark or NGOs are notsending proposals.

“A look at the annual reportof the Trust reveals that fundspent on seminars and work-shops is on increase while it isdecreasing when it comes tothe schemes. Moreover, nowthe Government has drawn aline within the disability sectoritself by categorising them intoBPL and APL,” he said.

It has been revealed thatmost of the Trustee Boardmembers who are not belowthe rank of Joint Secretaryrepresenting the Ministries orDepartments of Social Justiceand Empowerment, Womenand Child Development,Health, Finance, Labour,Education, Urban Affairs andEmployment and RuralEmployment and PovertyAlleviation have never attend-ed Board meetings for the lastfifteen years, while the NT

officials have been taking keydecisions on their own withoutkeeping in loop the Boardmembers, thus defying themandate of the statutory body.

The said Ministries toodid not bother to ensure anywelfare activities for the bene-fit of the sector in all theseyears.

An expert in the sectorsummed up, “Ironically, at atime when the Trust shouldhave gradually increased itsschemes and widened its ambitto reach out to many morepeople with the special needs,it is, on the contrary, reducingthe expenditure and schemes.

Since its inception, theinterest rates have droppedsignificantly and it is apparentthat the reduction on earningsfrom the NT corpus has result-ed in a reduction in expendi-ture on welfare schemes.”

We need to have a cess-likemethod which can assure a reg-ular source of income, he sug-gested.

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The Centre on Tuesday assured thesouthern States of providing all help in

recovering from the damage caused by rainand floods during the monsoon season.This was conveyed at the Southern ZonalCouncil meeting, chaired by HomeMinister Rajnath Singh, here, according toa Home Ministry statement.

The day-long meeting, attended bychief ministers of Karnataka andPuducherry, deputy chief minister ofTamil Nadu, Lieutenant Governor of theAnadaman and Nicober Islands and oneMinister each from Andhra Pradesh andKerala, expressed deep sorrow over the lossof lives and property in the floods causedby monsoon fury in the southern States.

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One after the other, threeopinion polls by media

outlets have put the rulingTelangana Rashtra Samiticlearly ahead of its oppo-nents in the comingTelangana Assembly elections.

But the good news for theCongress is that its presidentRahul Gandhi registeredhigher popularity rating com-pared to Prime MinisterNarendar Modi.

The separate surveys byIndia Today-Axis, TV5 l-Flash Team and VDPAssociates have forecast thatTRS will return to power fora second term with over-whelming majority.

While India Today pollhas said that the TRS had 43%approval rating against 18%for the Congress and 15% forthe TDP, the other two pollshave given projections of seatsin the 119-member Assembly.

According to the TV5-Flash Team the TRS may bag90 seats while the Congresswill be reduced to 15 seatsdown from 21 in 2014.

While MIM may retain allits seven seats the survey saidthat BJP's strength will comedown from 5 to 3. TeluguDesam Party had alsoemerged as a big loser in this poll.

Another interesting find-ing in TV5 Survey was that41.33% people in Telanganaprefer Rahul Gandhi as PrimeMinister against only 33.1%supporting Narendra Modi.

Survey by VDP Associatehas projected 80 seats forTRS, 20 for Congress, 7 forthe BJP and 12 for others.

However, TV5 added animportant rider that its surveywas conducted before theCongress, TDP and othersmaller parties agreed to forma Grand Alliance against theTRS.

But the survey findingswere in consonance with thegeneral perception that theTRS was clearly ahead of its rivals. There were also anear consensus that both theBJP and TDP were not in the reckoning. Commenting onthe findings of the polls,senior TRS leader K TarakaRama Rao said, "People ofTelangana have made up theirmind. It’s KCR Garu again asCM".

The Election Commissionis likely to announce the pollschedule for TelanganaAssembly anytime nextmonth.

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Congress president RahulGandhi on Tuesday

declared that after Congresscomes to power at the Centreits first step will be to accordSpecial Category Status toAndhra Pradesh.

Rahul Gandhi who was ona day-long visit to Kurnool inAndhra Pradesh today said thatthe Centre had promised SCS tothe State at the time of bifurca-tion. “We will fulfil the promisemade by the then PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh. It isthe right of Andhra Pradesh", hesaid, taking part in an interac-tive session with students. Heregretted that the promise of thethen Prime Minister was notfulfilled by the present PrimeMinister Narendar Modi.

Replying to a questionfrom the students, RahulGandhi expressed his deepconcern over an aggravatingsituation of unemploymentand pointed out that in neigh-bouring China 50,000 jobswere created every day againstonly 450 in India.

Soon after his arrivalRahul visited the home offormer Chief Minister ofAndhra Pradesh DamodaramSanjeevaiah at Pedapadu vil-lage and also met his familymembers. Sanjeevaiah's smallhouse was in dilapidated andneglected condition. He wasthe only Dalit Chief Minister

of the State. Later, Rahul had another

meeting with the minorityleaders of Congress party anddiscussed the issues facing thecommunity. Kurnool is amongthe districts of the country withthe biggest concentration ofMuslim community.

Addressing a public meet-ing at STBC Grounds in theevening, Rahul said that therewas always a special relationshipof love between the Congressparty and Andhra Pradesh.

He charged the BJP withcheating the State by not ful-filling the promises made byManmohan Singh in theParliament.

Recalling the special bond

between AP and Congress, herecalled that for the first time inthe history of the country a Dalit,D Sanjeevaiah, had become theChief Minister of a State duringthe Prime Ministership of PanditJawaharlal Nehru.

He told the people abouthis experience of visitingDamodaram Sanjeevaiah'shouse earlier in the day to payrespects to him.

Describing Sanjeevaiah asan honest and sincere leader,Rahul narrated an incident."When some people allegedbefore Nehruji that Sanjeevaiahwas corrupt, the Congress partysent a team to his village. Whenthe team saw a small housewhere an elderly lady cookingon a smoke chullah they askedher where was the house ofSanjeevaiah. The team wasshocked when the lady repliedthat this was his house and shewas his mother. Sanjeevaiahwas made CM a week later".

Rahul said that today APneeds a Chief Minister likeSanjeevaiah and AndhraPradesh has set an examplefor the entire countr y long ago that a person whoworks honestly to serve thepeople should become theChief Minister.

N Raghuveera Reddy,State Congress president, saidthat the visit of Rahul Gandhiwill be a shot in the arm forthe party and galvanise therank and file.

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Tamil Nadu is the most cor-rupt and unsafe State in the

country, according to MKStalin, president, DMK.Addressing a mammoth rallyorganised by the DMK as partof its State-wide agitationagainst the “corrupt” AIADMKGovernment, at Salem onTuesday, Stalin unleashed aseries of attacks on theEdappadi Palaniswamy-ledTamil Nadu Government.

In his first address at apublic meeting after gettingelected as the party chief fol-lowing the death of his fatherM Karunanidhi on August 7,Stalin described Tamil Naduas the worst administeredState in India. His tiradeagainst the AIADMKGovernment could makeinvestors and entrepreneursthink many times about theirplans to invest in Tamil Nadu.

“The economy of the Stateis in a shambles. There are noemployment opportunities forthe youth in Tamil Nadu.Farmers are committing sui-cide and entrepreneurs areleaving the State in search ofgreener pastures because ofthe greed of AIADMK politi-cians and rampant corruption.All Ministers in the EdappadyPalaniswamy Cabinet are fac-ing corruption charges,” saidStalin.

Stalin’s attack on the EPS-led Government came a dayafter the Madras High Courtasked the Advocate-General

to submit a detailed reportabout the major contracts oninfrastructure works awardedby the Tamil NaduGovernment. The DMK in apetition to the Madras HighCourt had charged the TamilNadu Governement with vio-lating all norms while award-ing the contracts of five majorhighway projects funded by theWorld Bank.

He said there has been atotal breakdown of the law andorder in Tamil Nadu. “We sawthe State police chief himselfbeing raided by the CBI.Women and children are notsafe even in their homes. Thewoman superintendent ofpolice who was in charge ofprotecting women herself wassexually abused by her seniors,”lambasted Stalin.

Stalin warned the IAS/IPSofficers in the State whom heaccused of being hand in glove

with the AIADMK Ministers inmassive corruption and viola-tion of all norms in awardingbig contracts of theGovernment. “The DMKthrough our secret network hascollected all details of the mis-deeds perpetrated by the offi-cials and the politicians. Wehave the entire data of howmuch money was collected bythe officials and the AIADMKMinisters and politicians. Wealso have proof of the moneyhanded over to the party MLAsto ensure their support to theEdappadi PalaniswamyGovernment,” warned Stalin.

Stalin charged that theTamil Nadu Government wasreluctant to appoint the LokAyukta, the super sleuths withpower to probe and prosecutecorrupt Ministers and offi-cials. “Chief Minister EdappadiPalaniswamy and Deputy ChiefMinister O Panneerselvam

know well that they would bethe first politicians to go to thejail once they appoint the LokAyukta. I warn the politiciansand bureaucrats in Tamil Naduwho have been counting cur-rency notes till now wouldsoon start counting the bars injails,” said Stalin in a no-holdsbarred attack on the AIADMKas well as the BJP.

The entire Karunanidhiclan barring estranged son MK Alagiri was out in the streetson Tuesday addressing anti-corruption rallies from sever-al venues in the State. WhileUdhayanidhi, son of Stalin,led the demonstration in aChennai suburb, Kanimozhi,the late Karunanidhi’s daugh-ter from his third wife, inau-gurated the rally atTindivanam. DayanidhiMaran, grand nephew ofKarunanidhi who is an accusedin the multi-crore illegal tele-phone exchange case, declaredin Chennai that corruptioncould be wiped out only ifStalin becomes the ChiefMinister of the State.

Meanwhile, Sellur Raju,Minister for cooperationtermed the DMK rally againstcorruption as a comic drama.“The DMK speaking aboutcorruption is akin to the butch-er quoting the scriptures. TheRanjit Singh SarkariaCommission which probedcorruption charges against thethen Chief MinisterKarunanidhi had describedthe latter as a man of scientif-ic corruption. Stalin is defam-ing a honest Govt,” he said.

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After a wait of almost oneyear, the Bihar Congress got

a full-time president. AICCchief Rahul Gandhi on Tuesdayappointed 62-year old MadanMohan Jha as the new presidentof the PCC. A notification wasalso issued for nomination offour working presidents andmembers of the working com-mittee and the advisory com-mittee. Akhilesh Prasad Singh,who was a claimant for the postof president, has been appoint-ed chairman of the electioncampaign committee.

Jha’s nomination came as asurprise among the Congressrank and file here since nobodyever speculated about his ele-vation. He also did not makerounds of AICC headquarterslike some other leaders whowanted to grab this position.Jha, a former Minister, is said tobe a non-controversial figurewho likes to stay away frommedia glare. His fatherNagendra Jha was also aMinister.

The appointment of aBrahmin is seen as Congress’attempt to win back the supportand confidence of the uppercastes as the party’s bid to nom-inate backward castes or dalits asparty chief did not yield muchresult. It is after a gap of a dozen

years that a leader from theupper caste has been given thisoffice. The last Brahmin to holdthis office was Dr JagannathMishra. Anil Sharma, aBhumihar, was PCC chief for abrief period in early 2000.

Kaukab Quadri, who servedas caretaker president for aboutone year was also claimant forthe post. Ashok Choudharyserved as PCC president for along time and demitted theoffice last year after ChiefMinister Nitish Kumar severedties with grand alliance.Choudhary was a Minister inNitish Cabinet and he did notonly quit the party chief ’s postbut also resigned from theCongress and joined the JD(U)amid speculations that he mightbe appointed president of Biharunit of JD(U) in view of his close-ness to Nitish. Quadri is amongthe four working presidents asothers are Ashok Kumar,Sameer Kumar Singh andShyam Sundar Dhiraj.

The 23-member state work-ing committee has, among oth-ers, Amita Bhushan, ShakilKhan, Prem Chandra Mishra,Brajesh Pandey, Md Jawed andKirpanath Pathak. The 19 mem-ber advisory committee hasMeira Kumar, Sadanand Singh,Shakeel Ahmad, Nikhil Kumar,K K Tewari, Jyoti, Asrarul Haq,Ranjeet Ranjan and others.

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Amrutha Varshini, whobecame widow after the

honour killing of her husband,has taken her fight against thecurse of casteism to the socialmedia.

Amrutha has opened aFacebook page, “Justice forPranay,” to launch a socialmovement against the caste dis-crimination and said she willdedicate her life to build a“caste-free society”.

Amrutha, who hails fromVysya family, had married aDalit-Christian youth, PranayKumar, in January last. But ina shocking incident 25-year oldPranai was killed on Friday lastin Miryalaguda town ofNalgonda district in Telangana,sparking a massive public out-rage. Police have arrestedAmrutha’s father T Maruti Rao,uncle Shravan and five otherson the charges of hiring con-tract killers to eliminate Pranayas all their attempts to separatethe young couple throughthreats had failed.

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Facebook page Amrutha wrote,“don’t worry Pranay….U r notalone..Not only me u are in theheart of crores of people..Manypeople are fighting for justice..”

She appealed to the peopleto cooperate with her ininstalling a statue of her depart-ed husband in Miryalagudatown as a symbol of fightagainst caste discrimination.

Amrutha, who is 7-monthpreganant, said that after deliv-ering the baby she will dedicateher entire life to build a soci-ety which will be free of casteviolence and repression.

Apart from numerous pho-tos of protests and candlelightvigil to demand justice forPranay, the Facebook page alsohas several video clips of theyoung couple in love.

Another post on the pagedemanded that on the line of“Nirbhaya act” against rapethere should also be a “Pranayact to give stringent punish-ment to those who victimisethe young couple and indulgein so-called honour killing ofthose who marry persons ofother castes.

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In an effort to preservewildlife habitat along the

now under-constructionNagpur-Mumbai MaharashtraSamruddhi Mahamarg (MSM),the State-run Maharashtra StateRoad DevelopmentCorporation (MSRDC) hassigned a Memorandum ofUnderstanding (MOU) withDehradun-based WildlifeInstitute of India (WII).

Under this MOU, the WIIwill undertake a study ofwildlife habitats, through whichthe MSM passes, as part of theMSRDC's initiative to protectwildlife. Apart from makingrecommendations to theMSRDC through a report, theWII will guide the State under-taking on the steps required forprotecting wildlife habitats.

After construction of theNagpur Mumbai SuperCommunication Express way(NMSCEW), the MSRDCplans to ensure that there is freemovement for wild animals intheir habitats. “When the con-struction of expressway is com-plete, proper care will be taken

so that there is no threat to thewildlife,” a MSRDC spokesper-son said.

The WII, which comesunder the Ministry ofEnvironment and Forests(MoEF), will partner with theMSRDC till the completion ofthe Maharashtra SamrudhiMahamarg. This is for the firsttime in the country that anyinfrastructure developmentproject will focus on wildlifeconservation work.

“MSRDC is sensitivetowards the issue of conserv-ing wildlife and committed tomaintain their habitat. We aredetermined that MaharashtraSamruddhi Mahamarg willserve as a model project for theprotection of wildlife.Therefore, we are extremelykeen to develop the interest of

wildlife in the sanctuariesfalling along the expressway,”MSRDC’s Vice Chairman andManaging Director,Radheshyam Mopalwar said.

According to Mopalwar,development of infrastructureprojects involves a thoroughstudy of the social and envi-ronmental impacts. “Propercare needs to be taken tomaintain environmental bal-ance. As part of the exercise,we will address the effect of theproject on wildlife habitatsalong the Nagpur-Mumbaiexpressway,” he said.

Two wildlife sanctuariesfall within 26 talukas and390 villages that will be con-nected through NMSCEW,also known as MSM, a projectthat will three major cities ofNagpur, Aurangabad andMumbai. “Many wildlife habi-tats are in these sanctuaries.We are taking the assistancefrom the Wildlife Institute ofIndia to see to it that thewildlife does not suffer fromvehicular traffic and pose anyproblem due to constructionof the expressway,” Mopalwar said.

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More than 500 students of AzanInternational School were staring at

an uncertain future as TelanganaGovernment has ordered its closure fol-lowing the incident of a school employ-ee raping a minor girl on the schoolpremises.

The four-year-old student was sexu-ally abused in a bathroom of the schoolon Saturday, sparking an outrage amongthe parents and others. Another schoolon the same premises with 1,100 childrenis also facing uncertainty as people aredemanding action against it too as bothare run by the same management.

The management of AzanInternational school, where most ofthe students are NRI children payingexorbitant fee, has sent a message toparents, “The school will remainclosed until further notice as there isan ongoing police investigation tak-ing place regarding the unfortunate incident”.

The police have arrested schoolsupervisor Jeelani in connection withthe incident while the girl was dis-charged from the hospital after asurgery last evening. Golkonda policestation has booked a case of a rape ofminor against the arrested person.

The school located at Tolichowki areafaced the fury of the local people as a mobattacked its property and pelted stonesafter the news about the heinous crimespread. The incident came to light late onSaturday evening as the girl did not returnhome and worried parents reached theschool to inquire as all other children hadreturned.

The management tried to cover upthe incident saying the girl was attendinga special class. But when the mother cameto know that the girl was lying uncon-scious inside and the school staff was try-ing to hide something she raised an alarmand people started gathering there.

Hyderabad Member of ParliamentAsaduddin Owaisi and area MLAKausar Mohiudidn took up the issuewith the higher officials including theHyderabad Police CommissionerAnjani Kumar and district CollectorYogita Ranademandings t r i n g e n taction againtthe manage-ment andclosure ofthe schoolt i l l probe is over.

PATNA: Marking the birth anniver-sary of Prime Minister NarendraModi, the Bihar health departmenton Tuesday extended health servicesto the doorsteps of the ailing pooracross the State.

Health Minister MangalPaandey said, “As the PrimeMinister belongs to a poor familyand has dedicated himself to thewelfare of the people belonging tothe lower strata of the society, thedepartment thought to dedicatethe occasion to the suffering mass-es of Bihar.”

The health department held604 health check-up camps cover-ing all the blocks in the State,where around 1.65 lakh peoplewere examined for various health

problems. The camps were special-ly organised to examine the healthof all those living in the slum local-ities. In each camp, on an average270 patients had turned up.

In the state capital, deputy CMSushil Kumar Modi and healthMinister Pandey inaugurated ahealth camp. Road constructionminister Nand Kishore Yadav wasalso present on the occasion. Inaddition to this, more such campswere organised in Patna. In thecamps, people were not only exam-ined of their various ailments, butwere also provided necessary med-icines. Those who were found to besuffering from serious ailmentswere referred to nearby health cen-tres for follow-up treatment. PNS

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More than 300 Congressleaders and workers,

including Gujarat PradeshCongress Committee (GPCC)president Amit Chavda and theparty's Gujarat unit inchargeRajiv Satav, were detained afterthey marched towards the StateAssembly in Gandhinagar rais-ing farmers' issues on Tuesday.

The Congress workersshouted slogans for waiver infarmers' loan and tried to gher-avo the State Assembly com-plex. A large posse of police-men were on guard in the StateCapital as the Congress hadthreatened to take siege of theAssembly House after the gath-ering of farmers and partyworkers at Satyagraha Chhavninearby under the aegis of rel-atively sparsely attended‘Khedut Aakrosh Rally’. Therally was ahead of the two-daymonsoon session of theAssembly.

Addressing the Congressworkers, Chavda said that themarch towards Assembly rais-ing the voice for farmers should-n't stop even if the police resist-ed. Except for minor skirmish-es and stone throwing, themarch later on, however, turnedout to be a damp squib as theCongress leaders walked in topolice vans stationed gettingdetained without much protest.

Among the other seniorCongressmen detained includeformer State party chief ArjunModhvadia and legislatorHarshad Ribadia.

However, the GujaratCongress chief claimed thatthousands of farmers apart fromCongress workers were presentat the rally. Satav said that withthe farmers rally was just begin-ning there would be more suchagitation across the State againstthe BJP-ruled Government incoming days.

Meanwhile, Congress leg-islator Virji Thumar was seengrappling with a lady policeofficial and pushing her as shetried to nab him. On thisThumar said that he wasunaware of pushing a lady cop.According to him, despite hisMLA identity card being shownhe was not allowed inside theAssembly.

On Congress party's protestDeputy CM Nitin Patel said thatthe Opposition party has donenothing for the farmers butfired upon them. It was underBJP rule that the Sardar Sarovarproject progressed rapidly andfarmers got their dues, Patel said.

The first day of the two-dayAssembly session wasadjourned after paying tributeto former Prime Minister thelate Atal Bihari Vajpayee. OnWednesday, the Congresswould raise the issues.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi onTuesday said Varanasi is fast

emerging as a gateway of develop-ment for eastern India as the city isdeveloping a hub of medical, educa-tional and integrated transport sys-tems with world-class facilities.

Modi was addressing animpressive gathering at theamphitheatre ground in theBanaras Hindu University (BHU)here on Tuesday. He also launchednearly a dozen projects worth over�557 crore.

“Today, the roads of the city areglittering with LED lights, adding notonly beauty to the city but also help-ing Nagar Nigam (municipal corpo-ration) save crores being spent by iton the street lighting system,” he said.Adding that apart from developmentof integrated transport system, amulti-nodal terminal is being con-structed here linking rail, road andwater transport systems and con-struction of the ring roads.

“Since long, the files of the ringroad project were gathering dust inthe Government offices but when Iwas voted to Parliament by the cityabout four years ago and the coun-try had given me responsibility asPM, the work on this long-pendingproject was re-started,” he said, whilemaking an indirect attack onAkhilesh Government, adding, “butthe work could not get speed as theprevious State Government had cre-

ated a lot of hurdles so that the BJPwould not take credit for it.”

During his comparatively longaddress, the PM concentrated inhighlighting the projects launched inthe city since 2014; however, Modiindirectly replied to many issuesraised by the Opposition.

Praying to Baba Vishwanath(Lord Shiva) and Maa Ganga(Goddess Ganga) to continue theirblessings on him to serve the peopleof the city, he indicated that he wouldcontest parliamentary election fromVaranasi again in 2019 as againstdoubts of many that he may changehis parliamentary seat.

The PM also made an indirectattack on those who are raisingtheir voice against the KashiVishwanath Temple Corridor pro-ject, stating that old temples werebeing demolished. Modi said, “Ialways want that all modern facil-ities be given to this ancient citymaintaining its original heritage.”

“Kashi is fast being developed asa hub of medical facilities not onlyin Purvanchal (eastern UP) but

also in adjoining States wherepatients come even from Nepal forbetter treatment,” he said, high-lighting the Regional Institute ofOphthalmology (RIO) for which helaid the foundation stone.

Modi surprised many by nam-ing most of the projects, names ofplaces, stations and others in hisaddress. “Today the faces of VaranasiCantt, Manduadih and Varanasi Citystations have been changed andtrain connectivity with differentparts of the country increased. Withthe construction of Babatpur-Kutchery four-lane road, tourists’flow from airport has increasedsharply from about eight lakhs fouryear ago to 21 lakhs,” he said.

“This attempt of making changesin the city through tourism hasbecome possible as the approaches tofamous temples, Sarnath and otherheritage places have become easy andfour famous ponds have been reno-vated, apart from betterment offacilities to weavers and artisans byproviding better marketing throughtrade facilitation centre and others,”he said. Modi also highlighted theprojects launched for betterment offarmers.

Earlier, welcoming the PM, ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath highlight-ed the projects done under the IPDSapart from the rural electrificationwork going on in full swing under theDeen Dayal Rural ElectrificationScheme, giving benefits of powersupply to 54 lakh families under theSoubhagya Scheme. The functionwas also addressed by State BJP chiefand MP from Chandauli DrMahendra Nath Pandey.

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Once the bully on the block, Monsantois on the run. Environmentalists willrecall the early years of geneticallymodified (GM) crops when windpollination contaminated the crops

of traditional farmers and the company forced thevictim, the farmers, to pay for patent infringement,an atrocity upheld by the US judicial system untilthe horrendous consequences of GM foodsbecame too palpable to ignore.

Victims of Monsanto’s weedicide, Roundup,scored a major victory in July 2018 when aCalifornia jury awarded $289 million as compen-sation to a former school groundskeeper who isdying of cancer due to ingesting the chemical reg-ularly while spraying. DeWayne Lee Johnson, then42, contacted Monsanto after developing a rash,but was never warned it could cause cancer. Hewas diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in2014. The World Health Organisation’sInternational Agency for Research on Cancer clas-

sified glyphosate (the key ingredient) as a “prob-able human carcinogen” in 2015.

In 2017, California added glyphosate to its listof chemicals known to cause cancer. The rulingwill impact other cases filed by cancer survivorsagainst Monsanto, which now have to be faced byits new owner, Bayer AG. Johnson’s legal team pre-sented internal emails, showing how the compa-ny rejected critical research and expert warningsagainst glyphosate’s potential risks. Inspired by theverdict, Vietnam has decided to seek justice forvictims of Agent Orange, used by the US militaryduring the Vietnam War. Nguyen Phuong Tra,deputy spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry, stat-ed, “The verdict … refutes previous claims thatthe herbicides made by Monsanto and other chem-ical corporations in the US and provided for theUS Army in the war are harmless. Vietnam hassuffered tremendous consequences … especiallywith regard to the lasting and devastating effectsof toxic chemicals, including Agent Orange.”

Agent Orange is a defoliant used to stripVietnam’s thick forests; it poisoned the soil in largetracts, causing genetic deformities in generationsof Vietnamese. Nearly three million Vietnamesewere exposed to Agent Orange between 1961 and1971, when nearly 12 million gallons weresprayed over the jungles. Monsanto claimed thechemical was produced for and used by theGovernment, and that it was only one among ninewartime contractors who produced the toxin.

Amidst rising public awareness, an organisa-

tion called Moms Across America is agitating fora ban on glyphosate in all 50 States, in the wakeof evidence that gluten foods and too many illness-es are linked to glyphosate and GMO poisoning.Activists point out that most European and manyother countries have banned GMOs and Roundupas people and animals are becoming sick from her-bicides/pesticides in the food, water and air. Europeis emerging as the next battleground. Reports sug-gest that the European Union could withdraw thelicence for Roundup this year. Earlier, the licencewas extended for five years, until 2022, instead ofthe usual 15 years. The lawyers involved in theCalifornia lawsuit claim to have revealing docu-ments about Monsanto’s activities in Europe.Robert Jr Kennedy told Euronews, “…we have doc-uments now in our possession, several hundredsof documents, that have not been declassified andsome of those are explosive.” In Brazil, a federaljudge in August 2018 ordered suspension of allproducts containing glyphosate until theGovernment reassesses its toxicity. As Brazil hasused Monsanto’s GM soybean seeds and herbicideon a large scale for four decades, the decision isstartling and unexpected.

Recently, the Public Library of Science(PLOS) published research showing that the DNAof GM foods can enter the human bloodstreamintact and cause many health problems.Researchers collected blood samples of more than1,000 participants; “the results indicated that meal-derived DNA fragments (which were large

enough to carry complete genes) can avoiddegradation and ultimately enter the human body’scirculation system”. Hungarian researchersobserved that these are not just fragments of DNAbut stretches of DNA which are large enough topass complete genes of GMO plants (like soy, cornor canola oil) to humans.

In some blood samples, the relative concen-tration of plant DNA was higher than humanDNA. The researchers noted that participants withinflammatory bowel disease and auto-immune dis-ease had the highest concentration of the trans-genic gene. Previous studies have indicated thatGMOs could change the beneficial bacteria in theintestines and trigger auto-immune diseases andinflammation. Beneficial bacteria help with fooddigestion and protect the human body against for-eign invaders. However, when the DNA of GMOfoods enters the small intestine, it can alter the com-position of beneficial gut bacteria and make thebody unable to absorb real nutrients in foods.

Other studies suggest a link between GMOsand auto immune diseases. The researchers haveobserved that pigs fed on GMO soy and corn suf-fered from severe inflammation of stomach andintestine; female pigs fed a GMO diet had theiruteri (uterus) enlarged by 25 per cent.

These studies refute the claims made bybiotech and regulatory agencies regarding the safe-ty of GMO foods. Independent scientists andresearchers have long warned regulatory bodiesand the biotech industry that GMO genes can be

transferred from dairy and animal products to peo-ple. After years of denial, the European Food SafetyAuthority (EFSA) has reluctantly admitted thatDNA from food (GMO and non-GMO) could endup in animal tissues and milk and dairy productsconsumed by people. The critical issue is GMO,as it marries a bacterium, a microbial species, withplant tissue — a hybrid alien to Nature.

In Canada, meanwhile, authorities discov-ered a patch of an unapproved, geneticallymodified strain of wheat in the wild, far fromthe old Monsanto test areas. The crop wasfound on an access road in Alberta in 2017,after it survived the spraying of the area withherbicide. Tests by the Canadian FoodInspection Agency revealed that the crop wasgenetically modified and herbicide-tolerant;was never approved for commercial use orproduction within Canada; and belonged toa Monsanto GM wheat line (MON71200)which was used in multiple confined researchfield trials in the late 1990s and early 2000sin Canada and the United States. It was sub-sequently destroyed. But the fact that thestrain got into the wild more than 100 kmaway from any known former test fields, andsurvived for nearly two decades thereafter, isa warning of the dangers posed by GM plants,whether food or non-food.

(The writer is Senior Fellow, NehruMemorial Museum and Library; the viewsexpressed are personal)

������������ �����Sir — This refers to the article, “Insearch of a path to integration”(September 18) by Prafull Goradia. Inhis thought-provoking write-up, thewriter has proposed ways to ‘integrate’two major communities, Hindus andMuslims, for the welfare and stabilityof the country.

He has tried to examine the ‘sepa-ratist’ tendencies of the Indian Muslimcommunity, both before and after thePartition, saying that the Muslimminority constituted 25 per cent of theIndian population before

Independence, and, hence, underMohammed Ali Jinnah’s leadership, itregarded itself as a community inneed of a separate homeland, Pakistan.Though around 10 million Muslimsmigrated to the newly-created Pakistan,many more stayed on.

Unfortunately, the ruling Congresssought to exploit them for politicalagenda. Since 2014, when NarendraModi-led National Democratic Alliance(NDA) came to power, inter-commu-nity peace has largely prevailed.

Despite initial reluctance, Muslimsare progressively coming forward tosupport the Bharatiya Janata Party

(BJP). Prime Minister Narendra Modiseems to be making vigorous efforts toimpress upon the community that forIndia’s growth sabka sath, sabka vikas(cooperation of all, for development ofall) is the foremost requirement.

M RatanVia email

���� ����������Sir — Death of manual scavengers isnot new. And it’s not just the NationalCapital, the fact is that numerousscavengers die all across the country butincidents go unreported.

At the core of the problem, urban

civic bodies do have sanitary gearequipment, which includes tank clean-ing lorries. In practice, most equipmentare in a state of disrepair. Sanitary work-ers are compelled to do the jobs man-ually. The civic administration needs toensure that all equipment are main-tained and cleaning work is carried outunder proper supervision.

ShashiVia email

����� ��������Sir — This refers to the article, “Themegacity problem” (September 13) by

Kota Sriraj. Multi-national companiesbefool the consumers with new mod-els every year — consumers are luredinto buying a new product, with sup-posedly added functions, creatingunnecessary electronic and other asso-ciated waste.

The question is: Why can’t the peo-ple with power and money pool theirsources to find a way to rid the worldof the accumulated waste?

Ashok MehtaVia Web

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Swaraj has reprimanded Sidhu for ‘misusing’ hispersonal visit clearance and lowering India’s

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Education systems are understress even in educational-ly developed societies. Thisis inevitable, as by its verynature, education is a

dynamic process and, hence, it mustkeep pace with changing expectationsof the society and emerging aspira-tions of the young. In India, as in mostnations that suffered under foreignyoke for centuries, education receivednew impetus in the last five decades,more prominently after the WorldConference on Education, held inJomtien, Thailand, in March 1990,that resolved to universalise elemen-tary education in the next 10 yearswith extensive global collaboration.

India can rightly boast of itsachievement in widening access toeducation to the remotest, far-flung,hilly, tribal areas. It required extensiveefforts, plans and programmes toreach an estimated enrolment per-centage of over 96, in spite of a pop-ulation increase of more than threetimes. India now has around 1.5 mil-lion schools and over 230 million chil-dren enrolled in these schools. Thisis not a mean achievement for a coun-try that began after independence inextremely tough conditions, with a lit-eracy rate of less than 20 per cent, andhuge paucity of resources, both inmen and material.

While the expansion of accessmeant opening of more and moreschools, at a pretty fast pace, there wasa serious dearth of trained teachers,and even States’ capacity to provideinfrastructure support at the optimallevel. Things, however, did move. Oneof the biggest and most tangibleachievements was attitudinal transfor-mation: Every community, socialand cultural group, now realises theimportance and value of education;is keen to give ‘good quality education’to their children; and this includesboth boys and girls.

Young people may today find itstrange to comprehend that to preparepeople to send their daughters toschool was a daunting task during thefirst four decades after indepen-dence. They may also find it strangethat before the National Policy onEducation, 1968, it was officiallyaccepted that girls were not fit to studyscience and mathematics, and were

generally encouraged to offer suchchoices as spinning and weaving,home science or social science sub-jects only. It was possible only becauseof the presence of visionary education-ists under the leadership of Prof DSKothari that the NationalCommission on Education (1964-66)recommended compulsory teachingof science and mathematics to bothboys and girls till they complete 10years of schooling.

This can be one of the historicexamples of dynamism needed ineducation, its policies and implemen-tation. The shape of schools, labora-tories and also the intent and processof education and teaching haveundergone significant changes. Fromthe Tat-Patti stage, India is rapidlytransitioning to smart classrooms.

Dynamic systems, however, neverpermit lethargy or systemic slumberto relax/enjoy and gloat over achieve-ments. Every issue resolved and everyproblem tackled generates new chal-lenges. Indian education is no excep-tion and one could list a plethora ofissues and concerns that demandurgent remediation. It is because ofsuch imperatives in educationaladvancements that the educationalcurriculum at every stage is consis-tently reviewed and revised. It requiresregular execution of surveys, studiesand researches to point out whatneeds to be changed, discarded anddeleted; and added and augmented.

Normally, a five-year cycle is con-sidered necessary to bring aboutcurricular reforms in school educa-tion. Text books are revised after thecurriculum renewal and formulationof syllabi for each area. Certain alertsystems do realise that the pace ofchange is so fast that a five-year cyclemay be a bit too prolonged and, hence,provisions for frontline curricula arealso incorporated in broader guide-lines, and made available to schoolsand teachers. This provision takes careof urgent requirements and studentsare not deprived of being madefamiliar with new developments.

In India, with over 50 schoolboards authorised to prepare theirown curricula, syllabi and textbooks,the task becomes complex when itcomes to national-level competi-tions. Students from different boardsmust come with equality of learningattainments. This requirement led tothe creation of the National Councilof Educational Research and Training(NCERT), which is mandated toprepare a school curricula in consul-tation with State agencies; prepare

textbooks; and leave it to the StateGovernments to adopt these as such,or prepare their own books with localelements of curricula included wher-ever necessary.

NCERT books should normallynot be accepted for every subject. Takethe example of environmental educa-tion. Books must be different inTripura and Thiruvananthapuram,but the NCERT textbook can offerguidance in maintaining the level andstandard. At this stage, even curricu-lum developers and textbook writersrequire regular in-service orientationson how things are being analysed andincluded in an era characterised by theadvent of information and commu-nication technology (ICT).

Textbook is no longer the onlysource available to the student. Whileit is universally acknowledged that inspite of all that is now available to thelearner, courtesy ICT, Internet andever-improving gadgets, the critical-ity of teacher-taught relationshipshall always be necessary to bring inthe human element in the growing upof the learner. This is also the time forevery teacher to realise that life-longlearning must be put to practice toremain relevant in the profession.Only such teachers can impress uponthe child the real import of ‘life-longlearning’.

In the Indian tradition of the

knowledge quest, yavadjeevait adhiy-ate viprah was propounded much ear-lier. Teachers of today and tomorrowwould do well if they recall the wis-dom of Socrates: “I cannot teach any-body, I can only make them think.”Sri Aurobindo had said it in very sim-ple but meaningful terms: “Nothingcan be taught” and that “mind mustbe consulted in its own growth.”Once these simple-looking elementsare properly internalised by theteacher, it would not be tough for himto visualise his changed role.

Only with such a vision, an alertteacher would be in a position to givewings to the nurturance of creativityand curiosity that are the nature’s giftsto every child. It is no longer implic-it on him to transact everything in theclassroom, he could support thelearner to reach other sources ofknowledge, and in the process, learnhow to sift information and extractknowledge and skills out of it. In theprocess, the teacher is educating himin ‘learning to learn’ a skill that has tobe a necessary acquisition during theprocess of schooling.

As the learner moves upwards onthe learning curve, the need arises forflexible and individualised curricu-lum. It helps self-learning, self-actu-alisation and helps optimise theirpotential. Motivation and inspirationfor all this must come from commit-

ted and performing teachers.Essentially, a teacher must be preparedto comprehend the imperatives ofassisting the learner in the develop-ment of total personality and compre-hensive abilities to enable him to con-tribute creatively in socio-economic,cultural, political and technologicalsectors. This would be feasible onlywhen teacher preparation institutionsrealise their transformed role to helpstudent-teachers acquire the skills ofdeveloping, what is now known as‘multiple intelligence’.

At every stage, the role of theteacher educator and teacher remains.Changes in education, though envi-sioned and incorporated at variouslevels of expertise, must includeteacher participation and his inputs.A teacher’s role is no longer limitedto that of a mere transactor of textu-al material within the classrooms.He/she encourages the learner to askquestions, acts as an appreciator,guide, counselor, moulder, instructorand much more. In fact, he/she is thefirst icon after parents, he/she is anexemplar. Only such teachers shallsucceed in the future who realise thecriticality of their persona in the lifeof the learners.

What could be more critical to acommunity than the availability of afunctional school nearby? Textbooks,teachers, Internet and other aspects

come only afterwards. It is indeedintriguing that teacher preparationand recruitment leaves much to bedesired. The situation has deteriorat-ed gradually and has reached ratherdisturbing proportions. Several StateGovernments are now ‘merging’thousands of schools situated most-ly in far-flung, rural, tribal and hillyareas with nearby schools to makethem viable. When a school has anenrolment of less than 10 or 20, itscontinuation may not be consideredviable in the routine economic con-sideration but should that be the onlycriterion? How demoralising anddemotivating it would be for the com-munity and children whose school isshifted to another place?

Traditionally, India has success-fully experimented with various mod-els of schooling during initial years.Now that educated and literate per-sons are available in almost everyhabitation and village, models otherthan what is demanded in the RTEAct could also be tried to ensure thatno child drops out of school becauseof merger and assimilation of ‘their’school. Good education requiresgood teachers, dynamic curriculumand an emotional bond betweenteachers, learners and their school.

(The writer is the IndianRepresentative on the Executive Boardof UNESCO)

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ting across all borders. At the same time, itis worth remembering that for MahatmaGandhi (October 2, 1869-January 30, 1948)our Father of Nation, distinctly more thanabove, Tolstoy remained his spiritual guru.A moral philosopher, and one of the great-est authors of all time, he was noted for hisnon-violent resistance through his work, TheKingdom of God is Within You.

No doubt, Gandhiji was profoundlyinspired and influenced by Tolstoy. The twogiants never met personally in their life-timebut both were close in their hearts and minds.Outstanding Russian writer-philosopherand social activist, Tolstoy was a major influ-ence in the major development of Christiananarchism and pacifism, non-violent resis-tance movements, such as those of MahatmaGandhi, Martin Luther King and politicalstrategies of Nelson Mandela. Tolstoy’s placein India’s socio-political, cultural, historicalcontext is unique and significant. The impos-ing monument of Leo Tolstoy, installed in thepremises of the State Trading Corporationbuilding in the national Capital on TolstoyMarg, the road named after him, is a clearmanifestation of the profound reverence thepeople of India showered on him.

Only the other day, floral tributes werepaid to the great Russian writer under theauspices of the Russian Centre of Scienceand Culture, New Delhi, which was followedby a photo exhibition, showing differentfacets of the writer’s life and career at itspremises while celebrating his 190th birthanniversary.

With due recognition and exalted hon-our given to great masters of Russian liter-ature, such as Maxim Gorky, AlexanderPushkin, Vladimir Mayakovsky, FyodorDostoevsky, Anton Chekhov, Nikolai Gogol,Ivan Turgenev, and others, it is to be bornein mind that, in real fact, Tolstoy distin-guishes himself in precise, perfect and flaw-

less humaneness, social justice and moralphilosophy in his writings. His widelyacclaimed works, such as The Kingdom ofGod is Within You, Anna Karenina, War andPeace, The Resurrection and The Death ofIvan Ilych, to name a few, are some his mas-terpieces, creating vibrant impact on read-ers across the world.

His craftsmanship as a writer, as also hiscreativity and imagination, still shines in thebrilliance of some of his formulations. Thiswriter once requested the Oxford-returnedEnglish professor during his college days tosuggest some noted classics to improve thelanguage. He, without a second thought,leaving aside Western classics, mentionedAnna Karenina, asking the writer thereonto read it over and over again.

Though I could not grasp much on myfirst reading, repeated reading in my later lifeproved how strong is the moral that the novelconveys, and which is still haunting mymemory. Gandhiji was deeply moved byTolstoy’s book, The Kingdom of God is WithinYou, which he read on October 1, 1904, dur-ing a train journey from Johannesburg toDurban in South Africa.

The Mahatma stated in his autobiogra-phy that the book changed his life. Soon afterreading the book, he changed his way of lifeby establishing the Phoenix settlement.Here, he and his co-workers, practisedmany of his ideals put forth by Ruskin.

Gandhiji was so deeply impressed with thebook that he wrote a letter to Tolstoy onOctober 1, 1909, and maintained correspon-dence with him thereafter.

He wrote in his autobiography that thisbook made a deeper impression on him,and opened his vision to the infinite pos-sibilities of universal love. The correspon-dence between Tolstoy and Gandhijibecame epoch-making in the golden chap-ter of Indo-Russian relations.

Tolstoy took care to make a uniqueblend of Indian works and motifs, whichwas effectively understood and assimilatedby Russian readers. He carefully adoptedIndian fables and fairy tales to the Russianperception and sensibilities. The TolstoyFarm (1910-1913), Gandhiji establishednear Johannesburg, South Africa, was anideal laboratory for Gandhiji’s educationalexperiments.

The literary enlightenment, coupledwith the philosophic and spiritual emanci-pation, exemplified by Leo Tolstoy was alsoeloquently expressed by Jawaharlal Nehru,who in one of his memorable letters writtenfrom a jail to his daughter, Indira Gandhi in1930 said: “Leo Tolstoy is perhaps the great-est of them all...not only a genius at writingnovels, but also a religious and spiritualleader, whose influence was far-reaching”.

(The writer is media advisor, RussianCentre of Science and Culture, New Delhi)

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Finance Minister ArunJaitley on Tuesday made a

case for blending subsidy withinvestment to augment farmsector growth and make itsustainable and self-sufficient.

He also said formalisationof the economy has startedshowing visible result in termsof higher resource mobilisa-tion, leaving more in the handsof the Government for the cap-ital formation in various sec-tor. “There is lot of formalisa-tion of economy taking placein several other sectors... Wecan see visible results, and it isleading to additional resourcesin the hands of theGovernment. I don’t think thisprocess will now be reversed,”he said.

As India moves into thesituation where Governmentshave more resources, the abil-ity to spend on sectors, whichneeds maximum support, willobviously rise, he said afterreleasing a book.

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The rupee on Tuesday slidfurther paise to settle at a

record low of 72.98 against theUS currency due to surgingcrude oil prices and escalatingtrade war worries.

Panic dollar demand fromimporters and speculativetraders sent the home currencysinking to a historic low of 72.99in late afternoon deals with verylittle chance of RBI intervention.

A sharp spike in interna-tional crude oil prices weighedon the trading front towardsthe tail-end session even as theUS dollar fell to seven-weeklows after Donald Trumpannounced fresh 10 per centtariffs on Chinese imports.

US President DonaldTrump Monday nightannounced to impose addition-al 10 per cent duties on Chineseimports worth $200 billion.

Benchmark Brent crudefutures were up $1.14 a barrelto $79.19 a barrel, after hittinga high of $79.37 in early Asiantrade.

Since Monday, the rupeehas plunged by 114 paise ormore than 1.5 per cent as trade

war concerns resurfaced andcrude oil rebounded.

The stubbornly high glob-al crude oil prices are openingup a can of worms to height-ened inflation risks and likelyto disrupt Government’s fiscalmaths along with deterioratingglobal financial conditions.

Considering that India is anet importer of crude oil, theimpact of this imported infla-tion is expected to be significant.

The benchmark 10-yearsovereign yield also spiked to8.14 per cent. At the inter-bankforeign exchange (forex) market,the rupee opened weak at 72.51against Monday’s close of 72.55on sustained dollar demand.

However, overcoming theinitial volatility, the local unitrebounded to hit a sessionhigh of 72.35 before taking abig reversal.

Reeling under an unprece-dented speculative sell-off, therupee plunged sharply to hit anall-time low of 72.99 beforeending at a record low of 72.98,showing a steep loss of 47paise, or 0.65 per cent.

It shed a whopping 67paise against the US Dollar onMonday.

The Financial BenchmarksIndia private limited (FBIL),meanwhile, fixed the referencerate for the dollar at 72.3796and for the euro at 84.7657.

In the cross-currency trade,the rupee slumped against theBritish Pound to settle at 95.84per pound from 95.98 anddropped against the euro to endat 85.25 as compared to 84.54.

It also drifted against theJapanese yen to close at 65.13 per100 yens from 64.71 on Monday.

Foreign investors withdrew�1,143.73 crore on a net basisfrom capital markets onTuesday, provisional exchangedata showed.

Stock markets dropped by0.78 per cent due to selling inauto and financial shares.

On the global front, thedollar dropped to a seven-week low before paring some ofits losses against global rivals asthe White House imposed freshtariffs on China. Against abasket of other currencies, thedollar index fell to a low of94.35 before trading at 94.57.

In the forward market, thepremium for dollar showed amixed trend owing to lack ofmarket-moving factors.

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The BSE benchmark Sensexextended losses for the sec-

ond session on Tuesday byplummeting 295 points to closeat an over one-month low of37,291 owing to hectic sellingin financial and auto stocksamid escalating US-Chinatrade tariff tensions and wors-ening rupee woes.

The broader NSE Niftytoo fell over 98 points to crackbelow the 11,300-mark.

Besides, rising crude oilprices further dampenedinvestors’ mood.

The domestic currency wastrading lower by 27 paise at72.78 (intra-day) against the USdollar in late afternoon deals.

Globally, sentiments took ahit after US President DonaldTrump Monday announcedimposition of new tariffs on anadditional $200 billion worth ofimports from China, escalatingthe trade war with the Asiangiant.

Alleging that China hasbeen unwilling to change itsunfair trade practices, Trumpsaid the new additional tariffstructure would be effectiveSeptember 24 from when itwould be at 10 per cent untilthe year end, but would

increase to 25 per cent levelfrom January 1.

The 30-share Sensexopened on Tuesday on a some-what better note at 37,660.19and advanced to touch a highof 37,745.44 but later turnedchoppy and hit a low of37,242.85 as selling pressuregathered momentum towardsthe fag-end, before settling294.84 points, or 0.78 per cent,down at 37,290.67. This was thelowest closing since August 2when it had settled at37,165.16.

The 30-scrip gauge hadlost 505.13 points on Monday.

The 50-share NSE Nifty onTuesday plunged 98.65 points,or 0.87 per cent, to end at11,278.90. During the session,it moved between 11,411.45and 11,268.95.

Domestic institutionalinvestors (DIIs) sold sharesworth �180.36 crore, whileforeign portfolio investors(FPIs) also offloaded shares tothe tune of �106.54 crore onMonday, provisional datashowed.

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New Delhi: Mahindra Logistics (MLL) hasintroduced Electric Vehicles (EV) to its fleetof employee transportation vehicles in Kerala.The vehicles are eVerito models of MahindraElectric Mobility Ltd., the EV of choice for thefleet segment, and are the first EVs to be intro-duced in the State for employee transporta-tion. MLL has already introduced EVs for itsclients in other cities like Bengaluru, Delhi and

have plans to deploy 150 vehicles as part ofits People Transportation Solutions (PTS)business over next fiscal year.

Pirojshaw Sarkari, CEO — MahindraLogistics, said, “Electric Vehicles, for us, exem-plifies the Mahindra Group’s vision of theFuture of Mobility — a sustainable automo-tive ecosystem that brings mobility solutionsto customers across the world.” PNS

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After a one-day hiatus, petroland diesel prices on

Tuesday were hiked again tonew highs.

While rates were notchanged on Monday, a 10 paiseper litre hike in petrol price anda 9 paise a litre increase indiesel was effected on Tuesday,according to a price notifica-tion of state-owned oil mar-keting companies.

Petrol in Delhi now costs�82.16 per litre and diesel ispriced at �73.87 a litre.

In Mumbai, petrol pricedtouched an all-time high of�89.54 per litre. It costs �83.91in Kolkata and �85.31 inChennai.

A litre of diesel in Mumbaicosts �78.42, �75.53 in Kolkataand �78 in Chennai, accordingto the notification.

Delhi has the cheapest fuelrates among all metros andmost state capitals because oflower taxes. Mumbai has the

highest sales tax or value addedtax (VAT).

A combination of a dip inrupee value against the USdollar and rise in crude oilprices has led to a spike in fuelprices since mid-August. Petrolprice has since risen by �5.02per litre and diesel by �5.15 —the most in any one-monthperiod since the daily revisionin fuel prices was introduced inJune last year.

Rates vary from city to cityand from pump to pumpdepending on local taxes andtransportation cost.

The deadly cocktail of highoil prices and depreciatingrupee has made imports cost-lier and led to a surge in fuelprices.

Price of Brent crude,benchmark for half the world’soil including India’s, was hov-ering around $80 per barrelwhile rupee traded at 72.8112to a US dollar on Tuesday,nearing a record low of 72.9138touched last week.

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Korn Ferry is moving toone brand — Korn Ferry

— signaling the next step inthe firm’s transformation.The move brings together thecollective power of KornFerr y, the enterprise —rather than individual linesof business, or distinct parts.This new strategy highlightsthe firm’s commitment andexpertise to offer robust,integrated solutions thatreflect the entirety of clients’talent and organizationalneeds.

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MoMAGIC TechnologiesPvt. Ltd., AI and Big

data driven mobile techorganisation, with dominancein South East Asia; opened itsR&D unit in 2017 in Taiwan.

The initiative has beenlauded by TaiwaneseGovernment for being thefirst Indian company in theAI space to set-up researchcenter in Taipei.

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GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRACOMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES,

TARAPORAWALA AQUARIUM, NATAJI SUBHASH MARG,CHARNI ROAD, MUMBAI 400002

E-mail Addres:- [email protected] Telephone No.:- 22821622

E-Tender Notice No. 1 year 2018-19Commissioner of Fisheries, Maharashtra State, Mumbai, is inviting E-tender in B-lform for 4 works from the contractors registered with Public work Department ofMaharashtra State in IV A class. The details of tender can be seen and downloadedfrom web site: http://mahatenders.gov.in The right of acceptance & rejection of anytender is reserved by the commissioner of fisheries, Maharashtra State, Mumbai.

Online E-tender available period Date from 21.09.2018, 17.31 Hrs 1ST to 24.10.2018,17.30 Hrs 1ST

Date of online E-tender opening Date :30.10.2018, 12.00 PM If possible

All information regarding E-tender is available on below web site.http://mahatenders.gov.in (If there is any change in tender notice same will bedisplayed on above website)

Sd/-(Arun Vidhale)

Commissioner of FisheriesDGIPR/2018/2019/3078 Maharashtra State, Mumbai

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New Delhi: Stock investors became poorer by �2.72 lakh crore intwo days of market fall which saw the BSE benchmark index divingalmost 800 points. Market benchmark BSE Sensex Tuesday tumbledby about 295 points or 0.78 per cent to close at 37,290.67 due to increas-ing crude oil prices and mounting trade tension. It had lost 505.13 pointsor 1.33 per cent on Monday as rupee woes and trade war worriesspooked investors. Led by the sharp fall in stocks, the market capi-talisation (m-cap) of BSE-listed companies plunged �2,72,549.15 croreto Rs 1,53,64,470 crore since Friday. “Selling pressure increased on thebourses due to spike in oil prices,” said Vinod Nair, Head of Research,Geojit Financial Services Ltd. Flaring up of trade tariff tensions betweenthe US and China and weakness in the rupee have also added to weakinvestor sentiment. From the 30-share basket, 24 stocks ended withlosses led by SBI, Tata Motors, Bajaj Auto and Axis Bank. At the BSE,1,805 stocks declined, while 881 advanced and 162 remainedunchanged Tuesday. As many as 140 stocks hit their respective 52-weeklow levels.

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2 lakh penalty on National Sahkari Bank, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradeshfor violation of Know Your Customer (KYC) norms. Besides, a penal-ty of �2 lakh too has been slapped on National Urban Co-operativeBank, Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh) for non-filing of a return on asset andliabilities. “The Reserve Bank of India has imposed a monetary penal-ty of �2,00,000 on National Sahkari Bank Ltd, Gorakhpur, UttarPradesh...for violation of RBI Instructions/Guidelines on Know YourCustomer Norms,” the central bank said in a statement. Earlier, theRBI had issued a show cause notice to the bank, in response to whichthe bank had submitted a written reply. After considering the facts ofthe case, the RBI came to the conclusion that the violations were sub-stantiated and warranted imposition of penalty.

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Ltd (IHCL) said Tuesday it has inked a partnership with Ithra DubaiLLC for a new Taj hotel at the Deira Creek in Dubai. Ithra Dubai LLCis a wholly-owned subsidiary of Investment Corporation of Dubai(ICD). “The Middle East is a significant market for IHCL. We are hon-oured to partner with Ithra Dubai for this new hotel in Deira - thehistorical and cultural centre of Dubai,” IHCL MD and CEO PuneetChhatwal said in a statement. The new Taj hotel is a greenfield pro-ject slated to open in early 2022 and would be part of Deira WaterfrontDevelopment.

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The BSE benchmark SensexTuesday tumbled by about

295 points to close at an overone-month low of 37,290.67 dueto hectic selling in realty, PSU,power and banking countersamid flaring up of trade tarifftensions between the US andChina and weakness in therupee. The broader Nifty alsocracked below the 11,300-mark.

The domestic currency afterremaining range-bound wasquoting lower by 27 paise at72.78 (intra-day) against the USdollar in late afternoon trade.

Market sentiments were

further dampened after USPresident Donald TrumpMonday announced imposi-tion of new tariffs on an addi-tional USD 200 billion worth ofimports from China, escalatingthe trade war with the Asiangiant. Alleging that China hasbeen unwilling to change its

unfair trade practices, Trumpsaid the new additional tariffstructure would be effectiveSeptember 24 from when itwould be at 10 per cent until theyear end, but would increase to25 per cent level from January1. The 30-share Sensex openedon a somewhat better note at37,660.19 and advanced totouch a high of 37,745.44 butturned choppy and hit a low of37,242.85 as selling pressuregathered momentum towardsthe fag-end, before settling294.84 points, or 0.78 per cent,down at 37,290.67. This is thelowest closing since August 2when it had settled at 37,165.16.

It had lost 505.13 points onMonday as rupee woes andtrade war worries spookedinvestors despite the govern-ment announcing measures tostem a steep fall in the domes-tic currency. Also, the 50-shareNSE Nifty plunged 98.65 points,or 0.87 per cent, to end at11,278.90. During the session, itmoved between 11,411.45 and11,268.95. Domestic institu-tional investors (DIIs) soldshares worth �180.36 crore,while foreign portfolio investors(FPIs) also offloaded shares tothe tune of �106.54 crore onMonday, provisional datashowed.

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The government has set a target of record 285.2 mil-lion tonne (MT) foodgrain production in the 2018-

19 crop year despite deficit rains so far this monsoon.India harvested a record 284.83 MT of foodgrain in the2017-18 crop year (July-June). The target for 2018-19 cropyear was set at a conference called today for preparingstrategies for Rabi (winter-sown) crop.

“Despite patchy monsoon rains, we are expectinghigher production in Kharif season,” Minister of State forAgriculture Parshottam Rupala said at the conferencehere.

Harvesting of Kharif (summer-sown) crops will beginfrom end of this month and sowing of Rabi crops willstart thereafter.

As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD),rain deficit in the current monsoon season beginning Juneis 9 per cent below the normal. According to a senior agri-culture ministry official, the target for rice has been setat 113 MT in 2018-19 crop year as against record 112.91MT last year. Wheat output target has been set at 100 MTfrom record 99.7 MT in 2017-18.

The Centre has set a target of 46.7 MT of coarse cere-als production as against 46.99 MT last crop year. Pulsesproduction target has been kept at 25 MT from an all-time high output of 25.23 MT in 2017-18. Among non-foodgrain crops, the target of oilseeds has been fixed at36 MT from 31.31 MT in the 2017-18 crop year.

Cotton production target has been fixed at 35.5 mil-lion bales (170 kg each) while that of sugarcane at 355MT. In the last crop year, cotton production stood at 34.89million bales (of 170 kg each) and sugarcane at 376.91MT. At the conference, Agriculture Secretary S KPattanayak said the government has set a target of dou-bling farmers' income by 2022. He highlighted the stepstaken by the government in the last four years to achievethis target.

Talking about the new procurement policyannounced by the government last week, the secretarysaid states and private players have an important role toplay in the new scheme while the FCI and cooperativeNAFED would continue to procure foodgrain.

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The country’s largest lenderState Bank of India will sell

eight non-performing assetsto recover dues worth over Rs3,900 crore and has invited bidsfrom asset reconstruction com-panies (ARCs) and financialinstitutions (FIs).

“In terms of the bank'srevised policy on sale of finan-cial assets in line with the reg-ulatory guidelines, we placethese accounts for sale toARCs/banks/NBFCs/FIs, onthe terms and conditions indi-

cated,” the bank said in the biddocument on its website.

Of the eight accounts onthe block, Kolkata-based RohitFerro Tech has the highestloan outstanding against it at�1,320.37 crore, followed byIndian Steel Corporation Ltd at�928.97 crore; Jai BalajiIndustries at Rs 859.33 croreand Mahalaxmi TMT Pvt Ltdat �409.78 crore.

The remaining accountsbelong to Impex Ferro Tech(�200.67 crore), Kohinoor SteelPvt Ltd (Rs 110.17 crore),Modern India Concast (Rs

71.16 crore) and BallarpurIndustries (�47.17 crore).

SBI has asked the interest-ed ARCs/FIs to conduct thedue diligence of these assetswith immediate effect aftersubmitting expression of inter-est and executing a non-dis-closure agreement with thebank. The e-bidding for theseaccounts will take place onSeptember 26.

Earlier in August, thelender had put two non-per-forming assets (NPAs) worthRs 2,490 crore for sale toARCs/FIs.

The two accounts on salewere — Bombay RayonFashions Ltd which owed�2,260.79 crore to the bank.The second account, ShivamDhatu Udyog Pvt Ltd, had torepay �229.32 crore.

In April, SBI had invitedbids to sell 12 sour accounts torecover dues worth �848.54crore. SBI’s gross NPAs rose to10.69 per cent of the totaladvances at the end of June thisyear, as against 9.97 per cent ayear ago. In value terms, theyincreased to �2,12,840 crore,from �1,88,068 crore.

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China on Tuesday announced a tar-iff hike on $60 billion of US prod-

ucts in response to President DonaldTrump’s latest duty increase in a dis-pute over Beijing’s technology policy.

The announcement followed awarning by an American businessgroup that a “downward spiral” intheir conflict appeared certain fol-lowing Trump’s penalties on $200 bil-lion of Chinese goods.

The Finance Ministry said it wasgoing ahead with plans announced inAugust for the increases of 10 percentand 5 per cent on 5,207 types of USgoods. A list released last monthincluded coffee, honey and industri-al chemicals.

The increase is aimed at curbing“trade friction” and the “unilateralismand protectionism of the UnitedStates,” the ministry said on its web-

site. It appealed for “pragmatic dia-logue” to “jointly safeguard the prin-ciple of free trade and the multilater-al trading system.”

The Trump administrationannounced the tariffs on some 5,000Chinese-made goods will start at 10percent, beginning Monday. They areto rise to 25 per cent on January 1.

A Commerce Ministry statementearlier said Trump’s increase “bringsnew uncertainty to the consulta-tions” but there was no word onwhether Beijing would back out oftalks proposed last week byWashington.

The United States complainsChinese industry development plansincluding “Made in China 2025,”which calls for creating global cham-pions in robotics and other fields, arebased on stolen technology, violateBeijing’s market-opening commit-ments and might erode American

industrial leadership.American companies and trading

partners including the EuropeanUnion and Japan have longstandingcomplaints about Chinese marketbarriers and industrial policy. But theyobject to Trump’s tactics and warn thedispute could chill global economicgrowth and undermine internation-al trade regulation.

The American Chamber ofCommerce in China warnedWashington is underestimatingBeijing’s determination to fight back.

“The downward spiral that wehave previously warned about nowseems certain to materialize,” thechamber chairman, William Zarit,said in a statement.

Trump imposed 25 per cent dutieson $50 billion of Chinese products inJuly. Beijing retaliated with similarpenalties on the same amount ofAmerican goods.

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US President Donald Trump onTuesday slapped 10 per cent

tariffs on $200 billion worth ofChinese imports and the duties willrise to whopping 25 per cent at theend of the year, triggering a strongresponse from Beijing which vowedto take “countermeasures”.

Escalating the trade war withthe world’s second largest economy,Trump alleged that China had beenunwilling to change its unfair trade practices.

He said the new additional tar-iff structure would give fair and rec-iprocal treatment to American com-panies. The tariffs on $200 billionworth of products comes on top ofthe $50 billion worth already taxedearlier this year.

The next wave of tariffs, whichare scheduled to go into effect onSeptember 24, will start at 10 percent before climbing to 25 per centon January 1. The staggered increasewill partially reduce the toll of

price increases for holiday shoppersbuying Chinese imports in thecoming months.

“Further, if China takes retalia-tory action against our farmers orother industries, we will immedi-ately pursue phase three, which istariffs on approximately $267 billionof additional imports,” Trumpwarned.

After a thorough study, the USTrade Representative (USTR) con-cluded that China is engaged innumerous unfair policies and prac-tices relating to United States tech-nology and intellectual property —such as forcing United States com-panies to transfer technology toChinese counterparts, Trump said.

These practices plainly consti-tute a grave threat to the long-termhealth and prosperity of the UnitedStates economy, he added.

“For months, we have urgedChina to change these unfair prac-tices, and give fair and reciprocaltreatment to American companies.We have been very clear about the

type of changes that need to bemade, and we have given Chinaevery opportunity to treat us morefairly,” he said.

“But, so far, China has beenunwilling to change its practices,” hesaid. China, he said, has had manyopportunities to fully address USconcerns. “I urge China’s leaders totake swift action to end their coun-try’s unfair trade practices,” Trumpsaid.

The US has already levied tar-iffs on $50 billion worth of Chineseproducts. Beijing responded withmeasures targeting $50 billion onAmerican goods, raising fears about damage to the Americanfarm industry.

Reacting to Trump’sannouncement, China said it would“take countermeasures” to safe-guard its legitimate rights and inter-ests and the global free trade order

“China has no choice but to takecountermeasures in lockstep,” thecommerce ministry said in thestatement in Beijing.

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US President Donald Trump stoodfirmly by his Supreme Court pick

Brett Kavanaugh on Monday after alle-gations that the conservative judgesexually assaulted a woman when theywere teenagers threatened to derail thenomination process.

Senate Judiciary CommitteeChairman Chuck Grassley canceled avote on Kavanaugh planned forThursday and said the nominee and hisaccuser, California university professorChristine Blasey Ford, would bothappear next Monday to testify underoath about the alleged incident.

Trump characterised the issue as a“little delay” and described as “ridicu-lous” the suggestion that Kavanaughmight withdraw his candidacy.

“Judge Kavanaugh is one of thefinest people I have ever known,”Trump told reporters from the OvalOffice. “Never even had a little blem-ish on his record.”

“I think he’s on track, very much on track,” Trump said.Trump did not comment directly onFord’s claim that a drunken Kavanaughand one of his friends trapped her in aroom and attempted to pull her clothesoff at a high school party in 1982.

“I have never done anything likewhat the accuser describes — to her orto anyone,” Kavanaugh said. Debra Katz,a lawyer for Ford — who only came for-ward publicly on Sunday after trying tokeep her name hidden for more than amonth — had said earlier she was readyto speak under oath before the SenateJudiciary Committee.

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Rohingya refugees to a remoteisland, officials said on Tuesday,despite warnings the silty stripis prone to violent weather.

Prime Minister SheikhHasina is scheduled onOctober 3 to officially opennewly-constructed shelters forthe displaced Muslims onBhashan Char, a muddy isletthat only emerged from the Bayof Bengal in 2006. The contro-versial plan is already behind

schedule. Officials previouslysaid they wanted to start mov-ing refugees from overcrowd-ed camps near the border withMyanmar to the island in June,before the monsoon began.

The navy has fast-trackedconstruction of shelters andevacuation centres for 1,00,000refugees and nearly three-quar-ters of the project is complete,a senior disaster managementofficial told AFP.

“Initially, 50 to 60Rohingya families will be relo-cated in the first phase begin-ning next month,” said the

official, Habibul KabirChowdhury. Bangladesh, alow-lying riverine country vul-nerable to rising sea levels, isprone to tropical cyclones,especially in the Bay of Bengalbetween April and November.

Hundreds of thousandshave died from natural disas-ters in the last 50 years, mostly in coastal areas nearBhashan Char.

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South Korean President Moon Jae-inbegan his third summit with North

Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesdaywith possibly his hardest mission to date— brokering some kind of compromiseto keep North Korea’s talks withWashington from imploding and push-ing ahead with his own plans to expandeconomic cooperation and bring a sta-ble peace to the Korean Peninsula.

Kim gave the South Korean presi-dent an exceedingly warm welcome,meeting him and his wife atPyongyang’s airport — itself a veryunusual gesture — then riding into

town with Moon in an open limousine through streets lined withcrowds of North Koreans, who cheeredand waved the flag of their country anda blue-and-white flag that symbolisesKorean unity.

The made-for-television welcome ispar for course for Moon’s summits withKim. Hours after his arrival, Moonbegan official summit with Kim. Theywere joined by two of their top deputies— spy chief Suh Hoon and presidentialsecurity director Chung Eui-yong forMoon, and Kim Jong Un’s sister, KimYo Jong, and senior Workers’ Party offi-cial Kim Yong Chol for North Koreanleader, according to Moon’s office.

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Tata Communications, a leading digitalinfrastructure provider, has partnered with

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The new cyber security lab was officiallyinaugurated at the university on September 15th,a day celebrated as Engineer's Day to give a trib-ute to the renowned Indian Engineer SirMokshagundam Visvesvaraya.

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riculum in cyber security with a focus on train-ing, developing and strengthening the practi-cal application of cyber security, encompassingthe process and technology elements of cyberthreat detection and mitigation.

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Centres use state-of-the-artand industry-leading securitymeasures such as incorporat-ing palm-scanning, securepaperless results, randomizedtest formats and CCTV, there-by ensuring aspirants test in acontrolled and secure envi-ronment.

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The registration deadline for PrimaryOlympiad’s has been set for October 15.

The Olypiad’s Season 9 is scheduled to be heldin India. The exam is designed to help bothstudents and parents understand the areas ofimprovement and national-level academicpreparedness.

Primary Olympiad runs as a national-levelcertification programme and competition foryoung learners along with their teachers fromClass I – V. The competition has five levels andthe students studying in respective classes canopt for the respective levels. The Olympiadconsists of Language, Mathematics and Sciencesections. The Language Olympiad focuses onspelling and grammar, Maths Olympiad focus-es on Arithmetic & Geometry and the ScienceOlympiad focuses on science and environ-mental studies. The last date for registrationis October 15, 2018.

“In our education system, the NationalLevel examinations are best held at only X orXII standard level, which hampers the educa-tional outcomes. This situation needs to beaddressed urgently, as lack of early trans-parency eliminates the system’s knack to rec-tify itself. There are tremendous contentionsamong academicians on measuring student’slearning from younger grades.

“Some believe that the damage done toyoung children through exam stress out-weighs the benefits of actual learning, and oth-ers contend that the examination results arenot the actual reflection of true learning,”Hemant Bisht, National Product Head,Primary Olympiad, says.

Students enrolled in the Primary Olympiadreceive books as study materials which are

aligned with their school curriculum andhence can also be utilised as an additional prac-tice material.

A teacher’s guide is also provided to theteachers of the participating schools to enablethem for effective preparation assistance to thestudents. A team of master trainers also assistthe teachers of the enrolled schools on teach-ing methodology and easy ways to understandthe subjects better.

“In parallel to the issue of not having annu-al exams, students in primary classes are devoidof exposure to non-academic and in-schoolactivities as well. While the Governmentmakes systematic yet gradual progress towardsimproving the education system, the approachthat the Non-Profit Organisations have under-taken is to highlight the above issues and sup-port the Government initiative by either cre-ating a content of International standard orraise their exposure by conducting competi-tive exams,” Bisht adds.

Winners from each grade will be award-ed a scholarship of up to �10,000 along withcertificates and recognition. For students notmaking it to the finale, in addition to awards,certificates and recognition, a detailed scorecard that analyses their performance in a vari-ety of competency dimensions is given.Schools also receive a confidential score cardthat shows how the school performed relativeto other schools.

With Alumni bases in over 20 cities andassociations with the best schools, the servicesprovided are niche in the segment. Successfullyimplementing with the State Governments andpublic sector undertakings (PSUs) to supporttheir quality education drive, PrimaryOlympiads continuously proves to have a sub-stantial impact on effective learning.

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The SRM University,Delhi-NCR, recentlyconducted Samavesh

2018 — the fourth annualinter-department mega sportsevent at the University SportsComplex, where approxi-mately 600 students partici-pated with great zeal andenthusiasm. After the invoca-tion and exchange of greet-ings, Sonia Bathla, assistantdirector, Sports, welcomedthe august presence andemphasised the purpose ofconducting this event.

Chief guest of the eventDr P Prakash, vice chancellor,in his presidential address,eulogised the efforts of theSports Department, and artic-ulated the fervour and spirit of

the youngsters in participatingthe sports with a competitivespirit. He also praised thecommendable efforts on thesports activities of the uni-versity, and added, sports hasbecome an indispensable andunavoidable part of humanlife.

The sports event, whichwas kick-started on

September 11, had competi-tions on athletics, basketball,badminton, chess, cricket,table tennis, tug of war, vol-leyball and seven-a-side soc-cer for both men and women.

The university depart-ments were divided into sixteams — CSE Firestones, DarkHorses, Legal Knight,Spartans, Scorpions, and FireBlades who with a competitivespirit of winning participatedin different sports.

Dr Prakash gave away theawards and certificates to thewinners and runner-ups ofcompetitions organised. Thefunction was attended by theregistrar, deans and directors,many senior functionaries ofthe university, faculty mem-bers and students of differentdepartments.

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The Sikshana Foundation, inassociation with Dell and

the Government of Karnataka,has launched Sikshana’sTechnology in EducationProgramme (STEP) in 57model schools — KarnatakaPublic Schools. As per theMoU, Dell will be providingnecessary hardware for imple-mentation of the programmealong with other inputs whichwould be developed bySikshana Foundation.

STEP aims at motivatingschools to engage and integratetechnology in their daily teach-ing and learning processes.The model employs a dualapproach which builds thebasic InformationCommunication Technologyskills and 21st-century skills instudents and empowers teach-ers to leverage technology inthe classrooms in an experi-ential manner. The same isenabled through the hardware

provided by Dell and theoffline content package andother inputs developed bySikshana.

STEP was officiallylaunched by the chief ministerof Karnataka, HDKumaraswamy, and Ministerof Education of Karnataka NMahesh along with RudramuniB, VP and Head, Dell R&DIndia Center & PrasannaVadayar, CEO, SikshanaFoundation. As a part of theassociation, Dell laptops havebeen gifted to the KarnatakaPublic Schools to train teach-ers and the students.

Rajeev Kapoor, India VPand CSR Campion at Dell,said: “Dell is committed to sup-porting scalable and self-sus-taining programmes that usetechnology to address some ofsociety's biggest challenges.Through this partnership, weaim to help the underprivi-leged children learn the use oftechnology and new-age skills,thus enabling a brighter future”.

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The Villa I Tatti, TheHarvard Centre for ItalianRenaissance Studies invitesapplicants for its David andJulie Tobey ResearchFellowship. The fellowship isavailable for internationalstudents.

Eligibility: Applicantsmust be conversant inEnglish and have familiaritywith Italian. At the time ofapplication, a PhD isrequired. Priority will begiven to early and mid-careerscholars. Projects should rep-resent advanced research inthe Italian Renaissance. Theselection committee aims toassess the ability of candi-dates to contribute in a colle-gial way to the intellectuallife of the Harvard Center.Short-term Fellowships at ITatti can be held only onceand cannot be deferred.Short-term Fellowships areintended for scholars whohave not previously heldappointments at I Tatti (withthe exception of GraduateFellows). English languagerequirements: Applicantsmust be fluent in English andItalian.

How to apply:Applications can be writtenin English or Italian andmust be submitted electroni-cally by midnight(Cambridge, MA time) onNovember 15, 2018. Scholars

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fellowship at I Tatti peracademic year.

Application deadline:November 20, 2018

Manchester Met is mak-ing a limited number of Vice-Chancellor scholarshipsavailable, each to the value of£5,000. These scholarshipsare open to international stu-dents who enroll on a full-time undergraduate or post-graduate taught programme.

Eligibility: Must haveaccepted an unconditional ora conditional firm offer for acourse at ManchesterMetropolitan University; If astudent holds a conditionaloffer and applies for theVCInternational Scholarship,the scholarship can only beawarded once the offer con-ditions have been met;Applicants who defer theirstudies will not be eligible forthe 2018/2019 scholarship;The scholarship award is lim-ited to UG and PG taughtcourse applicants only.Scholarships are only avail-able for new ManchesterMetropolitan University stu-dents who are classed asoverseas students and arerequired to pay full overseastuition fees. English lan-guage requirements: Musthave IELTS score for under-graduate 6.0 and for post-graduate students 6.5.

How to apply: Onlineprocess.

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Team Leader: Pisceans arealways ready to lend a helpinghand. They are creative beingsand can think out of the box.Hence the contribution of Piscesis important to accomplish theteam’s work that makes themstand out in the crowd makingthem excellent leaders.

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The IT sector is evolving at a rapid pacewith the advent of cutting-edge tech-nologies like Artificial Intelligence,

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Rival captains Sarfraz Ahmed andRohit Sharma played down the

hype surrounding the much-awaitedIndia-Pakistan clash in Dubai onWednesday, insisting that the Asia Cupis much more than a contest between thearch-rivals.

But despite their claims, millions offans across the border and elsewhere inthe world will be watching the Group Aclash, with a sold out 25,000-crowdexpected at Dubai Stadium.

The game is the first between thesub-continent rivals since Pakistanthumped India by 180 runs in the finalof the Champions Trophy at The Ovalin June last year.

The two teams are facing eachother for the first time in the United ArabEmirates since 2006, the last of their reg-ular matches which were also held inSharjah between 1984-2000.

Sarfraz, who led Pakistan in thatmemorable Champions Trophy tri-umph, denied that his team will have apsychological advantage.

"We will not take that ChampionsTrophy win in our minds," said Sarfrazon Monday, a day after his teamthumped qualifiers Hong Kong in theirfirst match of the tournament.

"That was a different atmosphere (inLondon) and conditions. It was a yearago so that's history so we will enter theground with a new strategy and passion."

- India without Kohli -India's regular captain and world-

class batsman Virat Kohli has been rest-ed for the competition to help hisaching back after a gruelling tour ofEngland.

But Sarfraz refused to accept Kohli'sabsence will make much difference.

"No doubt he (Kohli) is their cap-tain and a world-class batsman but Ithink they (India) have a good team evenwithout Kohli.

"They have good players who havedone well for India. So I don't think itwill make much difference to India.Their batting is very strong so I can saythat it will be a good match."

Sarfraz has told his players just toenjoy the occasion.

"My message to the players is not tobother about the result and do (their)best and when you do that you get a pos-itive result in all matches because thereare five other teams as well," he said.

Five-time Asia Cup champions SriLanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan

are in Group B.India have won the event — which

started in 1984 — six times, whilePakistan have been champions twice.

Two teams from each group willqualify for the Super Four stage, with thetop two to reach the September 28 final.

So barring any upsets against HongKong, India and Pakistan will also faceoff again in the Super Four on September23.

India skipper Sharma said his teamwill be looking beyond Pakistan.

"It's always exciting to play Pakistan,but it's not about one team as well. Thereare other teams also eyeing the title," saidSharma, who has the rare record of scor-ing three one-day international doublehundreds.

All six teams have to endure extremehot conditions in the UAE, with the tem-

perature scaling to over 40 degreesCelsius and expected to rise further inthe coming days.

Sharma said his side will get achance to assess the conditions in theirmatch against Hong Kong.

"Once we finish the first game wewill look at Pakistan, what their strengthsand weaknesses are. Looking at the pitch,I think we have the perfect combinationand the guys to do the job.

"We have been here for the last fourdays so I can probably say we are verymuch used to the conditions.

"It's game time, so we have to focuson the game rather than the conditions."

�9!���India: Rohit Sharma(Captain), ShikharDhawan, Lokesh Rahul, AmbatiRayudu, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni,Dinesh Karthik, Manish Pandey,Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, AxarPatel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, JaspritBumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, ShardulThakur, K Khaleel Ahmed.Pakistan: Sarfraz Ahmed(Captain),Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, BabarAzam, Shan Masood, Shoaib Malik,Haris Sohail, Shadab Khan, FaheemAshraf, Hasan Ali, Junaid Khan,Usman Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, i,Asif Ali, Mohammad Amir, ShaheenAfridi.

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Shikhar Dhawan struck a hundred in familiar surround-ings of white ball cricket on a flat deck as India scored

285 for seven against Hong Kong in their Asia Cup groupleague opener on Tuesday.

Left-handed Dhawan, who had a horrendous tour toEngland due to serious technical deficiency on seamingtracks, cashed in on the chance against a weaker oppositionon a low and slow continental pitch, smashing 127 off 120balls. Dhawan hit as many as 15 boundaries and two sixesen route his 14th ODI century but the slowness of the trackmeant that India failed to cross the 300-run mark againstthe minnows.

Together with comeback man Ambati Rayudu (60),Dhawan stitched 116 runs for the second wicket off 130 deliv-eries, to lay the foun-dation for India's totalafter the early dis-missal of skipper RohitSharma (23).

Sent into bat Indialost Rohit with thescoreboard reading 45in 7.4 overs but thenDhawan and Rayudujoined hands andshared a century standduring their chance-less knocks.

Returning to theside after clearing theYoYo test, Rayudugrabbed the opportu-nity with both handsand hit three bound-aries and two sixesduring his 70-ballknock.

But just when itseemed the duo would smash the opposition to cleaners,Rayudu edged a Ehsan Nawaz bouncer to Scott McKechniebehind the stumps, trying an upper cut.

After the end of Dhawan-Rayudu partnership, the Indianbatsmen found the going tough against slow bowlers of HongKong, especially in a relatively slow pitch, where shot mak-ing is not easy for a new batsman.

Dhawan and next man Dinesh Karthik (33) then shared79 runs for the third wicket to take the side forward beforeHong Kong picked up three quick wickets to put brakes onIndia's scoring rate.

Dhawan himself wasted a golden opportunity to scorea big hundred, holing out to Tanwir Afzal off off-spinnerKinchit Shah's (3/39) bowling in the 41st over.

Talismanic Mahendra Singh Dhoni's stay at the creasewas limited to three deliveries as he failed to gauge the slow-ness of the pitch and edged one to McKechnie off off-spin-ner Ehsan Khan (2/65) in the next over.

As if that was not enough, Karthik too gave away hiswicket while trying to go for a big shot on a slow wicket,caught at deep mid-wicket to Babar Hayat off Shah.

Towards the end, Kedar Jadhav made a 27-ball 28 buthe too found shot-making difficult because of the the slownature of the pitch. In fact, Hong Kong bowled brilliantlyin the last 10 overs as India scored just 48 runs losing fivewickets.

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Regarded as one of the mostsuccessful Australian skip-

pers, Ricky Ponting said cap-taincy is about 60 per cent offthe field preparation and 40per cent on the pitch.

Ponting made the com-ment in reference to India cap-tain Virat Kohli's leadershipskills in the context of India'srecently-concluded Test tour ofEngland, which the visitors lost1-4.

"I didn't watch every sin-

gle ball of the Test series. Forme what happens off the fieldis more important," the formerAustralian said.

"On the field part likebowling changes or field place-ment is highly overrated. It isonly about 30 or 40 per centand the rest of the preparationstakes place behind close doorsbefore a match," he added.

In the aftermath of the dis-astrous England series, thefocus now has shifted to India'supcoming tour of Australiaand Ponting said the visitor's

success would largely dependon how well they adapt to theconditions Down Under.

"It's about adapting to theconditions here. Most of thevisiting teams find it difficultto win here and that's the wayTest cricket has been for longtime in Australia. South Africaexperienced the same.Similarly we find it difficult towin in India and South Africa,"Ponting said.

"We know in last 50 yearsIndia have struggled to winTest series away from home.

For any team travelling to UKplaying against a team as goodas England, it is going to be dif-ficult."

India will tour Australiafrom November 2018 toJanaury 2019 to play fourTests, three ODIs and threeT20 matches.

"For the upcoming seriesas far as India is concerned alot will depend upon the wick-ets. If the ball seams a lot theywill find it difficult in Australia.But if the wickets are flat likewe saw some last year then it

can bring India right into thecontest," Ponting said.

Meanwhile, Pontingrefused to compare Kohli withTendulkar and said the Indiacaptain still has a long way togo in his career.

"Comparisons are hard tomake at this stage of Kohli'scareer. You are being comparedwith someone who has played200 Tests. What you remem-ber about Sachin is when hewas finishing off. You don'tremember when he was in mid20s," he said.

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Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed on Tuesday saidhe is concerned at the wicket-less spell of his strike

bowler Mohammad Aamir, as his side geared up totake on arch-rivals India in the Asia Cup.

Left-arm pacer Aamir has not been amongst thewickets in recent times and his skipper was askedabout it in the pre-match press conference.

"I am concerned but I don't think wickets itselfare a reflection of performance. Take for example,India pacer (Mohammad) Shami's case in England.He bowled well but couldn't get wickets. I have spo-ken to him (Aamir) and told him that he is our strikebowler and has to pick wickets too. Hope he does thattomorrow," Sarfraz told reporters.

When asked about the challenge of playing in theextreme weather conditions, he said, "It is difficultin this weather and it should have been even for allthe teams. I don't know what the ACC thought behindthe schedule. I have not spoken to anyone about it."

Pakistan kicked off their campaign with a com-prehensive win over Hong Kong, but India are goingto be a different ball game altogether.

"Pressure is always there but we deal with it bytelling ourselves that we should have the same inten-sity for every match. We take these matches normallybut there is hype everywhere else, it does affect butwe play it as just any other match."

Sarfraz refused to call the game India's battingversus Pakistan's bowling. "India might have preparedfor our bowling, we have planned for their bowling

too. We are prepared and will execute our plans inmatch. I don't think it's India's batting versus ourbowling, we have good batting too.

"They have got back-to-back matches but theirschedule has started later than others. They wouldbe under pressure because their performance com-ing into this tournament was not good."

Pakistan defeated Hong Kong by eight wicketsto make a positive start to their campaign. Pakistanhave played a lot in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in recentyears. "People say it's our home ground but condi-tions are even for all the teams, the whether is likethat of the sub-continent. It's a home ground foreveryone. We are very clear about the team, I havediscussed with the coach. We will field our best team."

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Brimming with confidence after hismaiden Test hundred in England,

young Rishabh Pant is now aiming tofine-tune his wicket-keeping skills atthe NCA ahead of the two-Test seriesagainst the West Indies, startingOctober 4.

Pant is likely to do simulationtraining in Bengaluru by keeping ontracks that offer turn in order to getready for the decks that will be on offerin Rajkot and Hyderabad.

"In India, the wickets are expect-ed to be different from England ormay be like the one at the Oval. I planto to visit NCA before the series andkeep on tracks where there will beroughs," Pant said during an interac-tion on the sidelines of the VijayHazare Trophy.

Chairman of selectors MSKPrasad, in a recent interview, said thatthey are trying to arrange for an exclu-sive keeping session for the youngster.

"I am very happy that he (MSKPrasad) wants to help me out with mykeeping. As a youngster, it is my dutyto keep learning, improve at everygiven opportunity. That should be myendeavour," he said.

Having kept againstRavichandran Ashwin, RavindraJadeja in the last three Test matches,Pant has got an idea as to what heneeds to do while keeping up to spin-ners.

"I have kept up to senior spinners(Ashwin and Jadeja) in the nets apartfrom the Tests in England. Like Ovalstrip, where Jaddu bhai was bowling,it felt like an India pitch. The ball wasturning and on fourth and fifth day,there were spots," the 20-year-old

recalled.Keeping in England wasn't easy

but Pant said that he can't fight theperceptions that a scorecard can cre-ate by showing 76 byes against hisname.

To be fair to Pant, some of thosedeliveries bowled by the Indian pac-ers were way off target and no keep-er in the world could have stoppedthose.

"Obviously, you can get frustrat-ed as a wicketkeeper. May be (all thosebyes) was not my fault but if someoneis not watching the match, he wouldlook only at the scorecard. Onlythose who saw the match would knowthat some of those were out of myreach.

"Now on this issue, I can't debateor even reason with people whetherI conceded those byes or not. It waspart of the game," he said.

Pant then explained some of thepractical difficulties that a keeper mayface in England where the red Dukeball swings even after leaving thestumps.

"You need to cut down the angles(positioning) in England but thenIndian pacers are a bit different from

English pacers. The pace of ourbowlers is more than English seam-ers.

"All our bowlers (Ishant Sharma,Jasprit Bumrah and MohammedShami) consistently clock 140 plus andat that speed the ball comes with awobbly seam once it leaves thestumps. I gave my hundred percent.But some of it was beyond my con-trol and I would rather not speakabout it."

Pant felt that Ishant and Shami aretwo bowlers, whose deliveries wobblea lot as it comes to the keeper.

His maiden hundred in Oval hasearned him a lot of praise and Pantattributed it to "discipline" in hisapproach to batting.

"My mindset has always beensame for every match that I play. Inthe first two Tests, I got starts butcouldn't capitalise on those starts. Thatday, I did the same things but I cap-italised on the chances and was a bitmore disciplined in my approach. Theresult was a good partnership with KLRahul," said Pant, who hit 15 fours andfour sixes to become the first Indiankeeper to score a Test hundred inEngland.

India A coach Rahul Dravid hadsaid before the England Test series thatPant has been able to mould his gameaccording to situations.

"I worked on my temperamentand tried to curb my natural instinctto hit every ball. Rahul sir told me thatthe more quickly I can change mygame as per situations, the better I willbecome as a player. That was thefocus. "I implemented it during theIndia A ('Tests' vs England Lions)games and Rahul sir possibly saw thatand reached a conclusion," he added.

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On the eve of India-Pakistanclash in the ongoing Asia

Cup, former pacer Zaheer Khanhas said veteran Mahendra SinghDhoni should bat at the crucial No4 position given his vast experi-ence.

The former left-arm speedsteralso felt that the hundred struck byK L Rahul in the last and the fifth

Test against England last week willbolster his confidence in the con-tinental showpiece being held inthe UAE.

"At No 4, I do feel someonelike MS Dhoni needs to give a goahead because keeping the WorldCup in mind, it's a very crucialposition to soak in pressure andplay according to the situation,"Zaheer, a Star Sports Select Dugoutexpert, said in a statement Tuesday.

"So far, the Indian team hasbeen winning matches when theyhave had a great start, but in situ-ations where they do not have agood start, experience is requiredto control the situation," noted the39-year-old, a veteran of 92 Testsand 200 one day internationals.

India, who started their AsiaCup campaign against minnowsHong Kong Tuesday, will take onarch rivals Pakistan Wednesday.

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Australian cricket needs disgraced ex-captain Steve Smith and he is like-

ly to be welcomed back with open arms,former skipper Steve Waugh forecast onTuesday, although it might be tougherfor David Warner.

The pair are serving one-year sus-pensions from international and statecricket over their part in the ball-tam-pering scandal against South Africa inMarch, while opener Cameron Bancroftwas banned for nine months.

"We need him back in Australiancricket," Waugh told Fox Sports Australiaof 29-year-old Smith, who has played 64Tests.

"You can't lose someone of his qual-ity overnightand expect toreplace it andhe's still onlyr e l a t i v e l yyoung." Allthree playersa c c e p t e dresponsibilityfor the scandalthat rocked thesport, withSmith's tearfulapology on hisarrival back in Australia tugging at theheartstrings.

Waugh said fans "still adore him"."The Australian public, they are for-

giving," he said. "He (Smith) made a mis-take and he's paid a heavy price for it.

"But if he gets back out there andplays with the same enthusiasm and pas-sion, he loves playing cricket, he lovesscoring runs, he wants to get backplaying for Australia, I think Australianswill move past what happened before.

"They obviously remember it, butthey're big enough to realise you canmake a mistake and grow from that andbe stronger." Warner, a dynamic bats-man but a divisive figure in the game,may find it harder to earn acceptanceagain.

He was charged by Cricket Australiawith developing the plot to use sand-paper to alter the ball. Despite this,Waugh said he hoped Warner wouldalso get a second chance.

"I hope so, you have to give guys anopportunity to redeem themselves.They've apologised and paid a heavyprice," he said, but warned it would notbe easy for any of them to bounce backto the top.

"It's going to be a challenge for allof them to come back, it's not going tobe as easy as people think," he said.

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his best of the lot.Ronaldo played the lead role in all of

those five previous triumphs, from his tow-ering header for Manchester United againstChelsea in 2008 to the tie-clinching, 97th-minute penalty against Juventus last seasonin the quarters.

In between, there were the 17 goals hescored in every game but one en route to thetrophy in 2014, the title-winning penaltyagainst Atletico Madrid in 2016 and the hat-trick against the same opposition, this timein the last four, a year later. He would alsoscore twice against Juventus in the final.

It was to become the beneficiaries,rather than victims, of these match-winningmoments, that Juve seemingly decided lastsummer the only way to win the ChampionsLeague before Ronaldo retires is to haveRonaldo on your team.

They begin that assault on Wednesday,when the 33-year-old will kick a ball com-petitively in Spain for the first time since hisdizzying 100 million-euro move fromMadrid.

Valencia are the obstacle at the Mestalla,where he scored twice, both penalties, for hisformer team last term.

Many were shocked when Ronaldodrew a line under his time in the Spanish cap-ital, with most believing his complaints to bethe latest round of posturing aimed at thosehigher at the club. They were, but this timehe meant it.

There is merit and romance in Messisticking with his boyhood Barcelona but evenhe must find it hard not to admire Ronaldo'sgumption.

More trophies and records wouldinevitably have followed at Madrid butinstead he started again, risking his reputa-tion for somewhere new.

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shelled out the first three-figure sum ever paidfor a player in their thirties, and one that rep-resents a very different model to the free-flowing forward that used to terrorisedefences left, right and centre.

The Ronaldo who Real Madrid decidedcould be sold is a predator, a throw-backnumber nine, that limits his exertions to thepenalty box, with the caveat he can still runfast, jump high and shoot with both feet.

His first Juve goal against Sassuolo onSunday was a tap-in from a yard out, his sec-ond a driven left-footed shot into the corner.After three games without finding the net,even Ronaldo had been feeling the pressure.

"I was a little tense with all the talk aftermy move from Real Madrid and not scor-ing," he said afterwards. "I'm happy, I'm work-ing hard and my teammates are really help-

ing me to adapt tothis league."

The real pres-sure, however, willcome in Europewhere Juventus'investment will bejudged. The club's pur-suit of a firstChampions Leaguesuccess since 1996 hasbecome an obsession and Ronaldo issupposed to be the last piece in the puz-zle.

Real Madrid may claim to be moreof a team without him but so, perhaps,were Juve and it was only enough toreach two finals in four years, and losethem both. There is also perhaps apsychological edge to be gained.

Madrid made a habit of pre-vailing last season without domi-nating games, owning the decisivemoments rather than matches as awhole. A player like Ronaldo canquickly spread a winning mentality.

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Jose Mourinho is fac-ing an unsettling new

reality in the ChampionsLeague as Manchester United launch their campaign at YoungBoys of Bern on Wednesday.

Mourinho was once the Champions League's pre-eminentforce, winning the tournament twice and making the latter stagesvirtually every year.

But it is four years since the Portuguese coach last man-aged a victory in the knockout stages of Europe's elite club com-petition. In that time, the 55-year-old has been surpassed byLiverpool's Jurgen Klopp, Atletico Madrid's Diego Simeone andformer Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane as the tournament'smost innovative and successful coaches.

In Mourinho's past 10 knockout games withUnited and Chelsea in the Champions

League he has just two wins and five draws— his last away victory in the knockoutstages came at United's expense in 2013when he was still at Real Madrid.

Mourinho's decline as a ChampionsLeague force mirrors the fading challenge

of United, who reached three finals in four sea-sons from 2008 but have struggled to make an impact since.

The club are preparing for the match against the Swisschampions in Bern after an unsettling start to the season but

might feel they have turned a corner after a hard-fought2-1 win against Watford in the Premier League.

Mourinho, in an upbeat mood after Saturday's sec-ond straight win, will be desperate to erase the memory

of United's spineless last-16 exit against Sevilla last season, dur-ing which frustrated United fans chanted "attack, attack, attack" attheir own players.

The limp defeat was a far cry from the days when free-flow-ing United sides won two European Cups under Alex Fergusonand regularly reached the sharp end of the tournament. The des-perate message from the stands that night left Mourinho lookinga forlorn figure on the same turf where he had announced his arrivalon the Champions League stage with a jubilant touchline jig dur-ing Porto's shock win 14 years previously.

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